Having a healthy heart in your senior years starts with staying in
shape in middle age. A study found that people who weren’t overweight
and didn't have high blood pressure or diabetes in their mid-40s could
avoid heart failure in their 60s and 70s. The healthier adults lived 10
to 15 years longer without heart problems. Source Link
It’s
common for parents of a child with a summer birthday to hold them back
for a year before starting school, but experts say there’s a downside.
Researchers found that youngsters had lower test scores by age 8 if they
were held back a year. The practice is also common for children who are
born prematurely. Source Link
Does
the smartphone encourage us to have a lazy brain? People who make
decisions based on instinct and gut feelings were more likely to use a
quick smartphone search to find answers, rather than analyze a problem
for themselves. But researchers say its not clear if smartphone use
decreases intelligence. Source Link