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Want to get outside your head for a bit? Get up out of that chair. A study published in JAMA Psychiatry has found that people who engage in physical activity during their leisure time are 16% less likely to have depression. Researchers followed 11,135 people born in 1958 until they … Read More
Bad news for you tongue fatties . . . and regular fatties: obesity and fat tongues have been linked to higher instance of sleep apnoea, a serious condition that sees breathing stop and start during sleep. The study, published in Sleep, had ninety obese subjects with sleep apnoea and thirty-one … Read More
Trying to learn something new? Put down the book for a minute and pick up a dumbbell. A study published in Acta Psychologica has found that a single, twenty-minute bout of weight lifting is enough to boost someone’s memory. Sixty-six participants were divided into two groups: an active group, and … Read More
Want to give depression the old heave-ho? Hit the gym. A study published in Cell has found that exercise helps the body create an enzyme called purges the body of amino acids called kynurenine, which have been long-known to have a negative effect on mental health. Researchers developed a genetically … Read More
