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New study finds certain lifestyle changes can help improve our brains as we age  NPR Trying to keep your brain young? A big new study finds these lifestyle changes help  NPR Can diet and exercise lower the risk of Alzheimer’s?  WBUR Healthy Lifestyle Can Help People at Risk for Dementia, Study Finds  The New York Times Worried about Alzheimer’s? Start walking, according to a …

Roughly 720 million years ago (give or take a few tens of millions), Earth plunged into one of the most extreme climate events in its history. In several stages, the planet became a giant snowball, encased in ice from pole to pole for millions of years. What exactly triggered this deep freeze has long divided researchers, but a new study …

Disability issues Homes Diversity and equity Relationships See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Uri Manor feels like much of his early life was blessed by fate. Born with genetic hearing loss that enables him to hear only about 10% of what others might, Manor was diagnosed at age 2, when he happened to be living in Wichita, Kansas …

As humanity sets its sights on Mars and other deep-space destinations, questions around human reproduction beyond Earth are emerging. Could a baby be conceived, carried to term, and delivered safely in space? A recent scientific analysis reveals the deeply complex and largely unpredictable risks surrounding space pregnancy and childbirth. Life Before Birth is Already A Fragile Journey Even on Earth, …

The controversial claim of microbes that exhibit arsenic rather than phosphorus in their biochemistry has been retracted by the journal Science 15 years after it was first published — but while most in the research community are pleased by the decision, the retraction has angered the authors of the original study. Arsenic, as we know from its use as a …

3 Out of 5 Liver Cancer Cases Are Preventable, Study Finds  The New York Times Liver cancer cases are projected to double, but more than half could be preventable  NBC News Lifestyle changes and vaccination ‘could prevent most liver cancer cases’  The Guardian What is liver cancer? Expert explains causes, symptoms and how to treat it  The Independent 60% of Liver Cancer Are Preventable, …

Half-forgotten memories can be resurrected using “mental time travel,” a new study suggests. The research, published Monday (July 28) in the journal PNAS, showed that a person can rejuvenate their fading memories by recalling the emotions and thoughts they had when they first stored that memory. In fact, the researchers found that the refurbished memories were then almost as retrievable …

Imagine two people in their 70s. Both are active, live independently and enjoy life. But over the next 15 years, one of them develops two or three chronic illnesses – heart disease, diabetes, depression – while the other remains relatively healthy. What made the difference? According to our new research, diet may be a key part of the answer. In …

Imagine two people in their 70s. Both are active, live independently and enjoy life. But over the next 15 years, one of them develops two or three chronic illnesses – heart disease, diabetes, depression – while the other remains relatively healthy. What made the difference? According to our new research, diet may be a key part of the answer. In …

We know that exercise has numerous health benefits, but does it matter how much you spread it out? Even only working out on the weekends may still reduce some people’s risk of early death, according to a new study. Researchers were interested in how people might build physical activity into busy schedules and decided to focus on those with diabetes, …