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Children grow up in a family in which they read at pre-school age together with their parents, books and discuss, cut off at the age of 12 years better in math tests. A study by the University of Bamberg shows. "The study has investigated one of the first in Germany in Detail, the importance of […]
New insight on how a type of cell facilitates the spread of HIV-1 has been published today in the open-access journal eLife. The findings in mice suggest that subcapsular sinus macrophages, the first layer of cells in the draining lymph node, act as a kind of ‘shuttle’ for HIV-1 virus-like particles. These cells help the […]
Most people don’t take up dancing to get ripped, but James Van Der Beek claims the activity transformed his body, according to a recent Instagram post. The actor traded in Muay Thai training for six-hour daily dance rehearsals to compete in “Dancing With the Stars.” Last month, Van Der Beek, 42, was eliminated just a […]
Mindful mama! Kim Kardashian makes sure not to complain about her body when her and Kanye West’s four children are around. “I definitely come from amazing sisters that are extremely confident and … we talk a lot about what not to say in front of our kids body-wise,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, […]
What makes one toy an impossible-to-find commodity, and another something that simply takes up shelf space? Toy manufacturers have been trying to figure that out for years. But, as with so many things with kids, the secret may never be known. Who could have predicted the mania around Tickle Me Elmo in the ’90s, or […]
A QUARTER of three-year-olds spend four hours a day in front of a screen – raising their risks for obesity and developmental problems in later life National Institutes of Health researchers found that nearly nine children aged eight and under exceed daily screen time recommendations Doctors say kids shouldn’t start using screens before they are […]
In 2011, I heard a statistic that 50 percent of black women are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. It just so happened that I was teaching fifth grade at the time, and those were the women-to-be in my classroom. I couldn’t sit by as their futures were threatened by this silent health crisis. […]
Milking the umbilical cord—gently squeezing the cord and pushing the contents into the newborn’s abdomen before clamping the cord—could increase the risk for severe intraventricular hemorrhage, or bleeding into the brain’s fluid-filled cavities, in extremely preterm infants, according to results of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health that was halted for safety […]
The drug ketamine decreases alcohol consumption in male, but not female, rats, according to new research published in eNeuro. The findings suggest that ketamine may be a viable treatment option for male patients with an alcohol use disorder. Prior studies found that ketamine reduces alcohol use disorder symptoms in both rats and humans, but the […]
Bacteria-eating viruses may reverse liver damage in alcoholics by killing toxic gut microbes found in patients with severe hepatitis, study suggests The liver’s attempts to process excess alcohol result in liver damage, disease, cirrhosis and hepatitis, a form of chronic inflammation Scientists at UC San Diego and King’s College London found alcoholics have high levels […]