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Harvard study reveals how many times men should ejaculate each month to stay healthy
A Harvard University study has pinpointed the precise number of times men should ejaculate each month in order to stave off certain harmful diseases. Research published in the journal European Urology has indicated that high levels of sexual activity can reduce the risk of contracting prostate cancer.
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DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks
DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence that can solve tasks it has never seen before as fast and as accurately as humans – a possible step towards generally intelligent AI that could master an array of jobs in the real world. The AI, called Adaptive Agent or AdA, works in a 3D virtual world where it is asked to solve tasks that involve navigating, planning and manipulating objects.
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Concussions may be associated with worse brain function at later age: study
Experiencing three or more traumatic brain injuries was linked with lower cognitive function later in life.
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Daughters of mothers with healthier lifestyles have fewer depressive symptoms, study finds
A new study on a large sample of mothers and daughters provides evidence that mothers with healthier lifestyles tend to have daughters with fewer depressive symptoms. The link appeared to be achieved through the healthy lifestyles of daughters. But this association was not present in sons. The study was published in Psychological Medicine.
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Study: Aspirin as Effective as Blood Thinner Injections
New clinical trial finds inexpensive over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective as an injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots.
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Working from home might be good for your wallet as well as your mental health
Working from home often pays more than working in an office for jobs in the tech industry, new research has claimed. HR company Remote collected data on more than six million jobs ads from 2022 from employee resource Glassdoor and found that web developer and software engineering roles had the most amount of remote opportunities compared to other professions, making up 37% and 36% of the total remote job market respectively.
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Brain imaging study links socioeconomic disparities in children's sleep to reduced cortical thickness
A new study has found that children from disadvantaged families tend to sleep less, and that this lack of sleep is linked to reduced cortical thickness in areas related to language, self-control, and movement. Cortical thickness refers to the measurement of the thickness of the cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain. It is often used as an indicator of brain development and maturation, and can be measured using imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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For 2 million years, humans ate meat and little else — study
Israeli researchers studying the nutrition of Stone Age humans say the species spent some 2 million years as hyper-carnivorous “apex predators” that ate mostly the meat of large animals. The study at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Portugal’s University of Minho, challenges views that prehistoric humans were omnivores and that their eating habits can be compared to those of modern humans, TAU said in a statement.
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US will no longer have Christian majority by 2070, study reveals
The United States remains home to more Christians than any other country in the world. By 2070, those demographics could see a shift and the religion that has long been the country’s majority denomination could become a minority, according to a new study.
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45 years old Bryan Johnson spends $2 million a year to be 18 again
Bryan Johnson's drive to reduce his biological age is much like a full-time job. He does look like he will stop till he reaches the biological age of 18.
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A drug that increases dopamine can reverse the effects of inflammation on the brain in depression, Emory study shows | Emory University | Atlanta GA
An Emory University study shows levodopa, a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, has potential to reverse the effects of inflammation on brain reward circuitry, ultimately improving symptons of depression.
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Lower bacterial diversity is associated with irritable bowel syndrome
People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have lower bacterial diversity in the intestine than do healthy people, according to a team of investigators. The investigators believe that theirs is the first analysis to find a clear association between IBS and reduced diversity in the microbiota of the gut.
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"Fasting can Shorten Your Life!" [Fasting now Unhealthy?]
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Data From Cities Show Violent Crime Rates Fell Slightly Last Year
A report from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice found that homicides and gun assaults mostly declined in the 35 cities studied and that car thefts rose dramatically. Violent crime rates in some major cities declined last year but have yet to recover from a 2020 surge associated with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday.
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The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think
People often think they know what causes chronic depression. Surveys indicate that more than 80% of the public blames a “chemical imbalance” in the brain. That idea is widespread in pop psychology and cited in research papers and medical textbooks. Listening to Prozac, a book that describes the life-changing value of treating depression with medications that aim to correct this imbalance, spent months on the New York Times bestseller list.
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Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported
Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries analysed by the FT
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System to protect Australia’s threatened species from development ‘more or less worthless’, study finds
Environment ministers’ decisions spanning 15 years made no difference to amount of habitat destroyed, researchers say
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COVID-19 Vaccines You Can Drink, Snort or Inhale Could Be the Future
Researchers are calling for vaccine types that better protect us against infection, not just severe disease. But more money and data are needed to widen their scope.
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The Earth's ozone layer is slowly recovering, UN report finds
The upper atmosphere ozone layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, which is linked to skin cancer, eye cataracts and agricultural damage.
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Old mice grow young again in study. Can people do the same?
All mammals hold a backup copy of cellular youth, a new study says. All we have to do is trigger the switch to turn back the clock, researchers say.
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