These 10 Hobbies Have Been Proven to Protect Your Brain as You Age

In fact, a growing body of research suggests that hobbies can support mental health by reducing stress, improving mood and ...
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Here’s What Happens When You Actually Get 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night, According to Doctors

All three experts we interviewed agree: Most adults need between seven to nine hours of sleep per night. That’s why eight ...
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Even Though They Don’t Have Brains to Rest, Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Sleep Like Humans

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Identify Key Brain Protein That May Slow Alzheimer’s

Researchers have identified a brain protein whose absence leads to memory loss and Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that findings from a new study funded b ...

Sex-based differences and role of BMP signaling in neurogenesis in Alzheimer's mice models

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows sex-based differences, with women being more at risk. However, the origin ...