Tag: health

CDC: 1 in 5 Teens and 1 in 4 Young Adults Have Prediabetes

As fat increases, the rates of fatness-related diseases also increase. Daily Mail : One in five US adolescents, and one in four young adults, have prediabetes, according to a new study of government data. Records show 18 percent of 12- to 18-year-olds, and 24 percent…

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High Intensity Exercise Improves Memory and Wards Off Dementia

Jennifer J. Heisz Jennifer J. Heisz , who is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology and Associate Director (Seniors) of the Physical Activity Centre of Excellence at McMaster University, wrote an article presenting the results of her latest research about the effects that exercise has on…

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May Plays Piano While Undergoing Brain Surgery

What? RT : The doctors in Italy could enjoy some refined jazz tunes at work, when a patient whose brain they were operating on played the piano in real time. The technique dubbed ‘awake brain surgery’ helps doctors treat brain tumors and epileptic seizures without…

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