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Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Fight Off Frailty Effects For Seniors – Study Finds

Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Fight Off Frailty Effects For Seniors  Study Finds Increasing your walking cadence can improve mobility  CNN Walking slightly faster could help older adults stay fit, study suggests  Medical Xpress Walking at THIS pace could keep older adults fit  Times of India A New Study Finds That Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Support Healthy Aging  CNET Source …

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Study finds unexpected amount of radioactive material in the ocean

Study finds unexpected amount of radioactive material in the ocean

Scientists analyzing sediment scraped from a rugged ridge nearly three miles under the Central Pacific Ocean expected calm, predictable chemistry. Instead they found a dense band of the radioactive isotope beryllium‑10 (10Be) packed into the layer that formed about 10 million years ago. This enough extra atoms to raise the normal background by roughly seventy‑three percent. Dr. Dominik …

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Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests | Neanderthals

Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests | Neanderthals

Nothing turns up the heat in a kitchen quite like debating the best way to chop an onion. Now researchers have found even our prehistoric cousins had distinct preferences when it came to preparing food. Archaeologists studying animal bones recovered from two caves in northern Israel have found different groups of Neanderthals, living at around the same time, butchered the …

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‘Extremely Severe’ Obesity in American Kids Is Surging, Study Finds

‘Extremely Severe’ Obesity in American Kids Is Surging, Study Finds

Many Americans today are living with obesity, even with the advent of newer, more effective drugs like semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy). It’s a problem that seems to be getting especially serious in kids, however. Research out today finds that the percentage of children with “extremely severe” obesity has surged in the U.S. over the past decade …

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Could Vitamin D Make Chemo More Effective? New Study Says Yes

Could Vitamin D Make Chemo More Effective? New Study Says Yes

The trial enrolled 80 women aged 45 and older diagnosed with breast cancer who were about to start neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT), a type of chemo given before surgery to shrink tumors. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily or a placebo for six months, during their chemotherapy treatment. Source link

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Playing an instrument may help protect brain against ageing, study finds

Playing an instrument may help protect brain against ageing, study finds

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Study raises major questions about Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater

Study raises major questions about Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the “clocks” geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. The original study, by a different group, made headlines …

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Study shows Neanderthal neighbors split on how to butcher, cooking up caveman culture – The Times of Israel

Study shows Neanderthal neighbors split on how to butcher, cooking up caveman culture  The Times of Israel Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests  The Guardian Did Neanderthals have ‘family recipes’? Study suggests butchery practices in ancient groups  Yahoo Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture  New Scientist Family recipes? Neanderthal neighbors cooked animals differently, study reveals  Interesting …

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