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Studying the 'supernatural'
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Studying the 'supernatural'

US scientists are studying a group of people over 80 who own a brain immune to common memory impairments. People with such miraculous brain powers are called the

December 14, 2018
Find out how to recover memory
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Find out how to recover memory

Most people, the elderly, do not know that their memory has deteriorated. Experts Heidelberg University (Germany) has found a way to stop being forgotten because of age…

December 14, 2018
Male sex hormones can cure obesity
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Male sex hormones can cure obesity

But overweight men, the activity of testosterone-bearing male sex hormones, leads to fat accumulation, which makes them fat. Solving this problem is simple: Just injecti…

December 14, 2018
Body biological clock of 2.5 billion years old
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Body biological clock of 2.5 billion years old

British Daily Mail magazine reported on May 17 that British scientists have discovered the biological clock mechanism - controlling human sleep and causing hourly syndro…

December 14, 2018
New findings on the effects of depression
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New findings on the effects of depression

Dr. Deborah E. Barnes of the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and colleagues examined medical data of 13,535 people and examined symptoms of depression in m…

December 14, 2018
Early aging because ... being abused
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Early aging because ... being abused

Children who experience violence or bullying may be at risk of DNA damage, leading to an age of 7-10 years older than their peers. This conclusion was made after researc…

December 14, 2018
Cocaine wreaks havoc on the brain
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Cocaine wreaks havoc on the brain

Over the years, the brain loses its gray matter - the brain tissue that forms neurons. The decline in gray matter is associated with many signs of old age such as forget…

December 14, 2018
20-year-old boy thought 160-year-old old man
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20-year-old boy thought 160-year-old old man

Dean Andrews, who lives in Birmingham (England), suffers from a rare disease called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) - a genetic mutation that makes this 20-y…

December 14, 2018
Eating bridesmaids brain
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Eating bridesmaids brain

This is the result of a survey of the eating habits of more than 16,000 women from 1976 to 2001. Accordingly, those who eat a lot of mulberries repel memory decline for…

December 14, 2018
Which age women are easily pregnant?
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Which age women are easily pregnant?

According to a new study published April 24 by the non-profit organization Guttmacher Institute (USA), in 2008 alone, nearly 10% of unmarried women between the ages of 2…

December 14, 2018
People are happiest at age 33
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People are happiest at age 33

According to a survey by Friends Reunited, a British social networking site, 70% of participants over 40 years old claim that they are happiest at age 33.

December 14, 2018
Date of death depends on the date of birth?
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Date of death depends on the date of birth?

According to the head of the Moscow Institute of Geriatric Research, Russian Federation, Alexander Weiserman, the difference in life expectancy between those who have ju…

December 14, 2018