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Resistance training improves muscle strength in people with sarcopenia
Loss of muscle mass is normal in old age. But, for some people, muscle loss can be so severe that...
Restricting meals to daytime may reduce diabetes risk in night shift workers
Working night shifts increases the risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. But, exactly how shift-work causes diabetes has remained...
Wearing a proper mask can keep the risk of infection below 1%, even after an hour of exposure
A group of researchers recently created one of the most comprehensive fluid-dynamics model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission yet. The model has...
Study finds no connection between intensity of social media use and wellbeing
People who spend a lot of time of social media are often thought of as seeking approval and likely to...
People who eat meat experience lower levels of depression and anxiety compared to vegans
A systematic review of research published until June 18th, 2020 suggests that people who consume meat, on average experience lower...
Laser light play associated with abnormal repetitive behavior in cats
Cats love chasing things. Often, their owners put this natural feline instinct to good use by having them chase a...
Psychiatrists identify a new mass sociogenic illness spread through social media
In June 2019, a high number of teenagers pre-diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome started showing up in a specialized outpatient clinic...
Higher neuroticism may be associated with greater risk for dementia
Neuroticism is a personality trait that indicates vulnerability to negative emotions including anger, anxiety, self‐consciousness, irritability, and emotional instability. It...
Low childhood SES has lasting negative impact on immune response in men
Low Socioeconomic Status (and associated scarcity of resources, early exposure to infections, and nutritional stress), unpredictability (familial conflict), and abuse...
A night of no sleep is hard to remedy
Humans spend about one-third of their lives sleeping and even sleep-durations of humans are surprisingly short compared to other primates....
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