Category: Education
Mouth bacteria linked to risk of stroke
In the single hospital study, researchers at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan, observed stroke that among the patients who experienced intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), 26 percent were found to have a specific bacterium in their saliva, cnm-positive […]
Running slows cancer growth in mice
Researchers found that mice which run a lot were better able to shrink tumors compared to their less active counterparts. The adrenaline surge that comes with a high-intensity workout helped to move cancer-killing immune (NK) cells toward lung, liver, or […]
Losing money great motivator to exercise
Financial incentives aimed at increasing physical activity were most effective when the rewards were put at risk of being lost, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. By providing incentives of equal […]
Raising a child threat to immune system
Raising children has a greater effect on your immune system than having gastroenteritis, a study by researchers at VIB and KU Leuven in Belgium and the Babraham Institute in the UK has found. Reserachers found that one of the most […]
Touch GPS less distracting, says new research
Research has shown that the vocal and visual instructions coming from conventional navigation systems demand the same cognitive attention that’s required for driving, increasing the likelihood of cognitive overload. Human factors/ergonomics researchers have developed an alternative navigation system that uses […]
Virtual reality could help people with depression
Virtual reality therapy could help people with depression to be more compassionate towards themselves, reducing depressive symptoms, finds a new study from UCL (University College London) and ICREA-University of Barcelona. The therapy, previously tested by healthy volunteers, was used by […]
Breakfast could help obese people get more active
Eating breakfast causes obese people to be more active, according to the latest research published from researchers at the University of Bath Department for Health. The study, published in the leading diet and nutrition journal the American Journal of Clinical […]
Where you turn gives meaning to your kisses
A recent study in Laterality shows that couples turn righ when they kiss, while parents and kids turn left. Authors Jennifer Sedgewick and Lorin Elias discovered a significant left-turn bias between parent-child kisses, with little difference between mothers and fathers. […]
Lifelong exercise increases bone density in men
A University of Missouri study found that individuals who continuously participated in high-impact activities, such as jogging and tennis, during adolescence and young adulthood, had greater hip and lumbar spine bone mineral density than those who did not. “While osteoporosis […]
Beetroot Juice improves endurance and blood pressure
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that a daily dose of beetroot juice improved exercise endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). The study is published in the current online […]
