Moderate to vigorous exercise boosts teens’ grades
The more intensive the exercise, the greater the impact on test results. This is especially true when it comes to girls and science....
read moreEarly spatial skills and knowledge of written letters predicts math competence...
It’s not oral language skills that predict math, according to longitudinal research out of Finland....
read moreGrowing up stressed and poor affects brain function as an adult...
A childhood filled with chronic stress and poverty may cause problems with brain function – especially emotional problems — in adulthood....
read moreLong-term use of statins may help prevent against dementia
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that statins pose no threats to short-term memory and may even help prevent dementia if taken for over a year....
read moreLong-term cognitive impairment common after critical illness
In a recent study, 74 percent of the adult patients students developed delirium while in ICU – and it lasted up to a year after discharge....
read moreUsing peanut butter to diagnose Alzheimer’s
A graduate student at the University of Florida has found that people with early Alzheimer’s smell better with their right nostril....
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