Music in childhood boosts brains in later life

Music in childhood boosts brains in later life according to new study from University of Edinburgh. Taking up a musical instrument in childhood and adolescence is associated with improved thinking skills in older age, research shows. People with more experience of playing a musical instrument showed greater lifetime improvement on a test of cognitive ability […]

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Music in childhood boosts brains in later life

Music in childhood boosts brains in later life according to new study from University of Edinburgh. Taking up a musical instrument in childhood and adolescence is associated with improved thinking skills in older age, research shows. People with more experience of playing a musical instrument showed greater lifetime improvement on a test of cognitive ability […]

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Nature walks should be prescribed as a health solution

Nature walks should be prescribed as a health solution, according to Surrey academics: The world should follow in the footsteps of the UK and start to prescribe more exposure to nature to help improve physical and mental health wellbeing, say experts from the University of Surrey who are now leading a project in Germany to […]

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Nature walks should be prescribed as a health solution

Nature walks should be prescribed as a health solution, according to Surrey academics: The world should follow in the footsteps of the UK and start to prescribe more exposure to nature to help improve physical and mental health wellbeing, say experts from the University of Surrey who are now leading a project in Germany to […]

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How COVID-19 damages heart DNA

Study reveals how COVID-19 damages heart DNA: University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments. This initial study – featuring a small cohort – found COVID-19 damaged the DNA in cardiac tissue, which wasn’t detected in influenza samples. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Dr Arutha Kulasinghe said […]

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How COVID-19 damages heart DNA

Study reveals how COVID-19 damages heart DNA: University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments. This initial study – featuring a small cohort – found COVID-19 damaged the DNA in cardiac tissue, which wasn’t detected in influenza samples. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Dr Arutha Kulasinghe said […]

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President of The Physiological Society congratulates 2022 Nobel Prize winner

President of The Physiological Society congratulates 2022 Nobel Prize winner: The Physiological Society congratulates Professor Svante Pääbo ForMemRS, who has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It was announced today (Monday 3 October) that Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and […]

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President of The Physiological Society congratulates 2022 Nobel Prize winner

President of The Physiological Society congratulates 2022 Nobel Prize winner: The Physiological Society congratulates Professor Svante Pääbo ForMemRS, who has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It was announced today (Monday 3 October) that Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and […]

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The Association of Photographers celebrates thinking differently

The Association of Photographers celebrates creative potential of thinking differently: In a new survey conducted by The Association of Photographers (AOP) to its membership in association with the British Dyslexia Association to celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week 2022 (3-9 October) and World Dyslexia Day on 7 October, 82 per cent of the respondents most identified with […]

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The Association of Photographers celebrates thinking differently

The Association of Photographers celebrates creative potential of thinking differently: In a new survey conducted by The Association of Photographers (AOP) to its membership in association with the British Dyslexia Association to celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week 2022 (3-9 October) and World Dyslexia Day on 7 October, 82 per cent of the respondents most identified with […]

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