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Drinking green tea to stay happy
Japanese scientists have found that green tea can help older people get rid of melancholy.
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Get to know your child is malnourished
Children aged one year or older, will normally have an arm circle measuring greater than 13cm. If your baby is malnourished due to lack of protein ...
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Why is the old father easy to give birth to malformed children?
Older men are more likely to give birth to malformed children than younger fathers. Experts at Oxford University (UK) recently learned the reason is the mutant cells in…
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Too much sleep has a higher risk of dementia
Older people who sleep 9 hours or more a day have a higher risk of dementia than those who sleep less than 9 hours a day.
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Laser light prevents disease due to retinal degeneration
Experts believe that a breakthrough laser treatment can prevent millions of older people from blindness.
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Does the elderly need more sleep?
Older people need the same amount of sleep as young adults, ie 7 to 9 hours a night.
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Older people still need sunbathing
The habit of sun exposure not only helps us be smarter when we get older, but also helps older people prevent memory impairment.
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Does sugar make us older?
Reducing calories will prolong the lives of rats. The phenomenon is explained by the ability of cells to detect sugar in their environment.
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Be careful when adding nutrients in the elderly
After conducting research, scientists warn people aged 50 and older to be cautious when using long-term multivitamins and other nutrients.
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Eating less helps improve memory
A slight reduction in diet in daily meals not only increases physical health, but also helps us to improve memory.
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The old father is easy to die soon
Children of older fathers are twice as likely to die before adulthood than the children of young fathers, a study has revealed.
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Mobile phones make children more vulnerable to stress
Older girls who use too many mobile phones will be stressed, insecure and have trouble sleeping.
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High doses of vitamin C or E do not reduce Alzheimer's disease
Contrary to the results of previous scientific studies, older adults who took a non-prescription supplement of vitamin E or C did not show signs of reducing the risk of…
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Walk regularly to combat brain aging
A new Italian study finds: walking or exercising regularly for people age 65 or older can reduce the risk of schizophrenia.
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How to maintain health when older?
Scientists at the University of Texas School of Medicine have good news for people who want to be healthy in old age: older bodies are as healthy as young bodies in conv…