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School and stairs make the brain stay young
A study shows that the more flights of stairs a person climbs, and the more years of school a person completes, the “younger” their brain physically appears. Researchers found that brain age decreases by 0.95 years for each year of […]
Mitigating disease outbreaks with smart mapping technology
With Zika virus declared a ‘public health emergency’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), doctors and scientists world-over are turning to smart mapping technology to learn more about the disease ravaging the Americas and threatening other tropical and sub-tropical […]
Natural adhesive may have biomedical applications
Chemists created a nonpermanent adhesive from a natural chemical reaction that can be used in the biomedical field. This discovery may benefit tissue repair or drug delivery. The scientific journal Angewandte Chemie recently published this collaborative work between LSU and […]
Bionic fingertip lets amputee feel
An amputee was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his upper arm. Moreover, the nerves of non-amputees can also be stimulated to feel roughness, without the need […]
Workplace interventions combat burnout, stress
Health researchers at Leeds Beckett University reviewed the most effective ways to treat and prevent burnout and work-related stress, and revealed organisational interventions in the workplace may be more effective than individual interventions alone. The report, commissioned by Public Health […]
Tattoos boost immune system
Getting inked has the unlikely benefit of warding off colds. Receiving multiple tattoos can strengthen your immunological responses, potentially making you heartier in fighting off common infections, according to research by a trio of University of Alabama scholars. However, receiving […]
Video games can be good for kids
Researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues at Paris Descartes University found that playing video games may improve school performance. Results are published online in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. They found that high video […]
Overconfidence linked to one’s view of intelligence
Washington State University researcher Joyce Ehrlinger has found that a person’s tendency to be overconfident increases if he or she thinks intelligence is fixed and unchangeable. Such people tend to maintain their overconfidence by concentrating on the easy parts of […]
High school sports decreases risk of diabetes
Lack of exercise at the age of 18 is linked to three times greater risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes in adulthood, according to new research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Researchers from Mount Sinai and […]
You can suggest what researchers should study next
The University of Michigan wants your ideas for what its medical researchers should study. You can also lend your voice to ideas suggested by other members of the public, and help them gain steam. This week, U-M launched WellSpringboard.org as […]
