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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813192350.htm) Swipe up! Health apps deliver real results en masse
Aug 13th 2024, 19:23

They're the little digital tools you can download in a few seconds, but despite their literal size, health and fitness apps pack a real punch when it comes to getting results, say researchers.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813192344.htm) Australia offers lessons for increasing American life expectancy
Aug 13th 2024, 19:23

A new study comparing expected lifespans among six high-income English-speaking countries found that Australians live the longest while American lifespans faltered over the last three decades.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813164547.htm) Less sleep and later bedtime in childhood linked to future substance use
Aug 13th 2024, 16:45

Adolescents were more likely to have consumed alcohol or tried marijuana by age 15 if they had later bedtimes and slept fewer hours during the night during childhood and adolescence, according to a new study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813152144.htm) Children born prematurely fall into three groups
Aug 13th 2024, 15:21

A new study finds that preterm-born children fit into three profiles, with markedly different results on tests that measure cognition and behavior.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813152139.htm) Clinical trial shows JAK inhibitor improves multiple autoimmune conditions in patients with Down syndrome
Aug 13th 2024, 15:21

An unprecedented study reveals strategy to decrease the burden of alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and other autoimmune conditions.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813132040.htm) The atmosphere in the room can affect strategic decision-making, study finds
Aug 13th 2024, 13:20

The atmosphere within a group can influence the outcome of strategic decision-making, according to a new study. Researchers found that different atmospheres led to people speaking and interacting in different ways that changed how they made sense of the strategy.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813132028.htm) A new type of degenerative brain disease underlying dementia is very common among the oldest old
Aug 13th 2024, 13:20

A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognized just a decade or so ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease, the TDP-43 protein accumulates particularly in the limbic brain regions, which are also affected in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Accordingly, symptoms of LATE are similar to those of early Alzheimer's, but typically progress more slowly and are milder.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813131928.htm) Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system
Aug 13th 2024, 13:19

A new study has rewritten the conventionally understood evolutionary history of certain ion channels -- proteins critical for electrical signaling in the nervous system. The study shows that the Shaker family of ion channels were present in microscopic single cell organisms well before the common ancestor of all animals and thus before the origin of the nervous system.

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Baltimore, MD

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