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Wearable device can predict older adults’ risk of falling
Every year, more than one in three individuals aged 65 and older will experience a fall. Falls are the most
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The increasingly efficient teenage brain: Changes in brain network connectivity may refine cognitive abilities that develop during adolescence
Some brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published
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The odds of living to 110-plus level out — once you hit 105: Death rates slow after 105, according to a study of nearly 4,000 extremely old Italians
Want to be a supercentenarian? The chances of reaching the ripe old age of 110 are within reach — if
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Study on social interactions could improve understanding of mental health risks: New paper explores the epidemiological dimensions of social anhedonia
McLean Hospital investigators have released the results of a study that outlines how age, socioeconomic status, and other factors might
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No clear evidence that nicotine ‘preloading’ helps smokers to quit: Any beneficial effect may have been masked by reduction in use of smoking cessation drug
There is insufficient evidence to show that using nicotine patches for four weeks before a quit attempt (known as “preloading”)
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‘Supersized alcopops’ pose unique danger to youth: New study and commentary emphasize need for better regulation
College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being marketed across the country, according to
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Children from older mothers more likely to have heart risks
New research published in The Journal of Physiology demonstrates that adult offspring born to older mothers are more susceptible to
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Trauma from parents’ youth linked to poorer health, asthma in their own children
Trauma experienced by a parent during childhood has long-reaching consequences — maybe even to the point of negatively impacting their
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The health effect of air pollution from traffic
What would happen if all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles were removed from a smaller European city? Up to 4% of
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