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“Each activity was later grouped into frequency levels, and the researchers also created a combined measure that reflected how often participants engaged in both behaviors. These exposure groups were then used to examine later risk of dementia, cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND), and long-term changes in cognitive performance.”

“Caffeine is a widely consumed psychoactive substance, but its long-term metabolic effects are often hard to isolate because coffee, tea, and soft drink habits correlate with many other health-related behaviors.”

“These findings suggest that high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training demonstrates promise as a lifestyle strategy to lower blood pressure. Another lifestyle behavior that reduces blood pressure is sauna use. Learn more about sauna use in our overview article.”

“Centenarians, people who live beyond 100 years of age, exhibit higher microbiota diversity and higher capacity for producing beneficial microbial products such as short-chain fatty acids, demonstrating a relationship between microbiota quality and longevity.”

“Randomized controlled trials are suitable for identifying cause-and-effect relationships, but because observational studies measure associations between behavior and health, they are not.”

“Other behaviors that may promote breast cancer survival include dietary modifications, especially time-restricted eating. Learn more about the effects of time-restricted eating on breast cancer survival in this clip featuring Dr. Ruth Patterson.”

“Changes in behavior and nerve degeneration were observed at 13, 20, or 40 days after immunization. The researchers also collected blood samples from 39 patients with MS and 23 patients with other neurological diseases in order to test for cross-reactivity of autoantibodies with casein.”

“Among children who began at a normal or low weight, the consistently bright group recorded 9.95 new cases of overweight or obesity per 1,000 person-years, compared with 6.10 in the rapidly brightening group and 8.04 in the slowly brightening group.”

“Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterized by poor focus, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior. Approximately 5 percent of all children worldwide have ADHD.”

“The animals were then randomly allocated to receive either a single dose of psilocybin or a control saline injection, after which the researchers quantified their spine densities on five more occasions (days 1, 3, 5, 7, and 34), blinded to whether the mice had received the active compound or saline.”