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A hormone released during exercise might protect against Alzheimer’s

Arctic Images/Getty By New Scientist Staff and Press Association A hormone released during exercise may protect the brain against Alzheimers disease . It may also explain the known positive effects of exercise on mental performance. Irisin is ahormone generated by muscle tissue that is carried around the body in the bl...

HPV vaccine benefits women who don't get it, study says

By Amy Norton, HealthDay News A new study of HPV prevalence and vaccination suggests that incidence of HPV is declining even for unvaccinated women because the risk of contracting it is going down. Researchers say the HPV vaccine is benefitting women who have not received it -- less circulation of HPV means a lowered c...

A Surprising New Way To Avoid Choking Under Pressure – Imagine You Have The Prize And Are Performin

The mental technique is called incentive reappraisal and its reflected in changed activity in a key brain structure By Christian Jarrett Choking is a ubiquitous and extremely frustrating human weakness as the stakes are raised, our performance usually improves, but only up to a point, beyond which the pressure gets too...

Bigger, faster, smarter

The properties of individual brain cells have been linked to intelligence for the first time. How does the structure and function of neurons shape our intelligence? Image credit: Goriounova et al. 2019 (CC BY 4.0) Our brains are made up of almost 100 billion brain cells. Each of them acts like a small chip: they collec...

Scientists Make Breakthrough In Advanced Kidney Cancer Treatment

By: Damir Mujezinovic A combination of two drugs could become a new standard treatment for patients with advanced kidney cancer, clinical trial shows. Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made what can be considered a breakthrough in advanced kidney cancer treatment. According to the American Cancer Soci...