Just like Goldilocks in the children's fairy tale, one size rarely fits all. So, when it comes to children's time—school time, exercise, downtime, and sleep—generic guidelines can only do so much.
Aug 31, 2021
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Social disconnection is a lack of social, emotional and physical engagement with other people. This results in isolation and loneliness. Risk factors such as the shrinking of family sizes, lack of family support and declining ...
Aug 27, 2021
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People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in old age than those with non-stimulating jobs, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
Aug 18, 2021
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among breast cancer patients treated ...
Aug 18, 2021
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An EPFL scientist has found that brain fingerprints—or maps of the neural connections within our brain—can be used to detect a decline in cognitive ability. That's because the fingerprints are harder to detect in people ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Keeping your brain active in old age has always been a smart idea, but a new study suggests that reading, writing letters and playing card games or puzzles in later life may delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia by up to ...
Jul 14, 2021
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A team of researchers working at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago, has found that it is possible to use post-mortem MRI scans to study associations between physical activity and cognition in older adults. They ...
Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, causes motor and phonic "tics" or uncontrollable repeated behaviors and vocalizations. People affected by Tourette syndrome can often suppress these tics for some time before ...
Jul 7, 2021
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Many long COVID patients are experiencing extreme fatigue, a situation which has reignited the polarisation in approaches to treatment and rehabilitation of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a special report today.
Jun 23, 2021
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An electroencephalogram (EEG) study of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identified a neural signal that may help explain the variation of how those with ASD perceive or understand the mental states of others ...
Jun 21, 2021
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