Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
A new study of the brain's master circadian clock - known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN - reveals that a key pattern of rhythmic neural activity begins to decline by middle age. The study, whose senior author is UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, may have implications for the large number ...
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Saturday, July 9th, 2011
It's not a phase: Rather than outgrowing eating disorders, new research shows that many women find the pressures of middle age trigger old anxieties and can rekindle a potentially life-threatening battle with the scale.
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Carrying around extra pounds during middle age was associated with a higher risk of dementia later in life in a new study that followed twins in Sweden for 30 years.
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
A study in the May 1 issue of the journal Sleep describes how changes in sleep that occur over a five-year period in late middle age affect cognitive function in later life. The findings suggest that women and men who begin sleeping more or less than 6 to 8 hours ...
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Saturday, March 26th, 2011
A young adult who is regularly involved in religious activities has a significantly higher chance of becoming obese by middle age, compared to other individuals, researchers from Northwestern University, Chicago, found in a study. The study, involving 32,433 individuals from the longitudinal CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults), ...
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