Posted in Health on July 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Scientist s at Northwestern university have put together a review of their research into what music does to humans. Specifically learning to play music or music training. They have found that music training has a profound impact on other skills including speech and language, attention and memory and to convey emotions vocally. Working with musical [...]
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Posted in Health on July 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Northwestern University in Chicago did a study on older women and found a link between mentally slowing down and weight gain. The also found that for every pound gained, scores in reasoning, memory and other mental skills dropped. Researchers also compared their body mass index to their results on a test that measured mental sharpness. [...]
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Posted in Health on July 19th, 2010 No Comments »
You may have heard in recent news reports that some claim that supplements don’t really do much for you in general. Recent studies have shown that vitamin E has been a solid contributor for reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia. The study showed that those who ate foods such as margarine, sunflower oil, butter [...]
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Posted in Health on July 9th, 2010 No Comments »
You may not think that sleeping could be a good tool for critical thinking but many people solve problems while they are asleep according to researchers. Also dreaming may be able to help find solutions to things that are plaguing us during the waking hours. Dreams are usually illogical and highly visual which is great [...]
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Posted in Health on July 5th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s not news that tai chi is good for your body, for balance, peace of mind and flexibility. A new study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine has found that women with osteoarthritis that do tai chi had a stronger bone density and great flexibility and they were not as afraid of falling. [...]
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