JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson State University (JSU) received a 10-year, $14.5 million contract to extend the university’s Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center. The National ...

An update on a decades-long investigation has suggested that brain training can lower the risk of dementia. The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study, which ...

Speed-of-processing training with booster sessions was tied to a lower dementia risk over a 20-year period. Memory and reasoning training did not show significant associations with reduced dementia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dementia affects 57 million people and is the seventh leading cause of death globally (Philippe LOPEZ) (Philippe LOPEZ/AFP/AFP) A ...

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People who spent about two hours a week pinpointing flashing objects on a computer screen dramatically lowered their risk of dementia — including Alzheimer’s — 20 years later. The findings, published ...

Cognitive speed training was linked to a reduced incidence of #Dementia for up to 20 years, according to new findings from the NIH-funded #ACTIVE study: @alzdemjournals @HopkinsMedicine ...

Introduction The use of data science for health research produces complex ethical, legal and social challenges that traditional ethical oversight mechanisms struggle to address. In Nigeria, the ...

If you’re intimidated by weight training, a new study is full of reassurance. Weight workouts don’t have to be complicated or grueling to be effective, the study found. Almost any kind of lifting led ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...

Objective Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) is often reported on barium swallow studies. Our aim was to investigate whether GER on barium oesophagography (GERB) correlates with GER on pH-impedance ...