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Cardio fitness in youth leads to a better brain later

Jun 12, 2014 by

A new study published in Neurology suggests that people who had better cardio fitness in their youth have better memory and thinking skills in middle age. The research results held true even when adjusting for negative factors like smoking,...

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More experienced college football players have smaller brain volume...

Jun 4, 2014 by

College football players who have had concussions and who have been playing football for many years have, on average, less hippocampal volume than those who have only been playing for a few years....

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Football off-season not long enough for players’ brains to recover...

May 21, 2014 by

A new study from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry says that the time between football seasons does not appear to be long enough for players’ brains to recover from hard hits during practices and games....

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Exercise boosts size of hippocampus

May 13, 2014 by

Regular aerobic exercise boosts the size of the hippocampus, the part of the brain dealing with verbal memory and learning, in women whose intellectual capacity has been affected by aging....

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Moderate exercise reduces stroke risk as much as heavy exercise...

Mar 9, 2014 by

Women who walk briskly can reduce their risk of stroke as much as if they ran. In fact, it could cut the risk in women by 30% and be even more vital to women taking postmenopausal hormone therapy....

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Football helmets may not do much to protect players from concussion...

Mar 6, 2014 by

A new study that analyzed the strength and safety of 10 popular football helmet designs found that they only reduced the risk of TBI by 20 percent.  Unfortunately, the helmets offering the least protection are also the most popular...

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Vision brain training video game improves baseball skills

Mar 4, 2014 by

Researchers had 19 baseball players complete 30 sessions (25 minutes per session) of a vision-training video before the star of the NCAA division 1 season. The players’ visual sharpness improved and they became more sensitive to contrasts in light....

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