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• Marijuana Damages Brains in Young People

  
  Alternative Drug Abuse Recovery Program For Overcoming Drug Addictions - Highly Successful Alternative Medicine Methods — Authority: 111
  A new study, published in Neurobiology of Disease, states that daily consumption of cannabis (marijuana) in teens can cause depression and anxiety, and have an irreversible long-term effect on the brain.Related posts: Marijuana and Brain Damage Research shows that adolescents and young adults who are heavy... ...
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• Mystery behind human walking unravelled

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  London, Dec 21 (IANS) Ever wondered why a human baby needs an year to start walking, while a newborn foal is up and about soon after birth?A team of researchers from Sweden’s Lund University compared 24 species and found that human babies actually start walking at the same stage in brain development as most other ...
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• Twitter Tweets about ebay as of December 19, 2009

  
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  MickeyMEcom: Some of my work is now available on Ebay – find me there. MickeyMEdtinger2009-12-19 22:58:25 · Reply · Viewdiamonds4love: Buy your precious stones in our eBay associated store. Click now. http://bit.ly/48jXRG2009-12-19 22:58:22 · Reply · Viewhummingbird247: http://www.ebay.com Advanced Search by ...
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• Is fish really brain food?

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Grandma was right all along,no one is quite sure how she knew to push the cod-liver oil, but – fish really is brain food.According to research published by the American Psychological Association,the omega-3 essential fatty acids commonly found in fatty fish and algae help animals avoid sensory overload. The finding ...
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• For older adults, participating in social service activities can improve brain functions

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers found that seniors participating in a youth ...
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• Choose Whole Brain Power

  
  Living In Courage — Authority: 106
  “Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.”  – Saint Francis De SalesWe all could use more patience.  It seems we are hardest on ourselves.  Many ...
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• Exercise Linked to Higher IQ in Young Adults

  
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  Filed under: Fitness , Sports Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Cardiovascular exercise boosts the IQ scores of 18-year-old males. In a massive study of over 1.2 million Swedish military conscripts, researchers found that cardiovascular fitness -- not ... Read more   Permalink  |  ...
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• Foods To Eat During Pregnancy: Fat For Brain Development

  
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  Everything we’ve been hearing lately about what foods to eat during pregnancy and what foods to avoid during pregnancy is for expectant mothers to reduce or cut out fats from their diets to ensure optimum health.However, this is a very generalist statement as it lumps both “good” and “bad” fats together in ...
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• Exercise linked to higher IQ

  
  Asylum Australia — Authority: 146
  Filed under: Happy Hour Hero , Health , Science (Our happy hour fact to amaze your pub-going pals with.) Cardiovascular exercise boosts the IQ scores of 18-year-old males. In a massive study of over 1.2 million Swedish military conscripts, researchers found that cardiovascular fitness -- not ... Read more ...
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• Good Parenting Can Prevent Drug Use

  
  Alcohol Self-Help News — Authority: 124
  Research Shows Parenting Can Prevent Drug Use, Aid Brain Development. From the founding of National Families in Action during the height of the War on Drugs to Joseph A. Califano’s book, How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid, parents and communities have been touted as the keys to preventing alcohol and other drug problems ...
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• Exercise linked to higher IQ

  
  Asylum.co.uk — Authority: 572
  Filed under: Happy Hour Hero (Our happy hour fact to amaze your pub-going pals with.) Cardiovascular exercise boosts the IQ scores of 18-year-old males. In a massive study of over 1.2 million Swedish military conscripts, researchers found that cardiovascular fitness -- not ... Read more   Permalink  |  ...
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• Exercise Linked to Higher IQ in Young Adults

  
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  Filed under: Sports , Health , Happy Hour Hero Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Cardiovascular exercise boosts the IQ scores of 18-year-old males. In a massive study of over 1.2 million Swedish military conscripts, researchers found that cardiovascular fitness -- not ... Read more   ...
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• Egg Yolks Are Memory Jump Starters For Unborn Baby

  
  How To Get Pregnant — Authority: 99
  Baby Brain Developing Egg yolks are the best source for choline, a very recently recognized nutrient that is essential for babies brain development. Therefore if you want your baby to have a great memory that lasts forever, a good mom should eat some eggs. If you eat a 2-egg meal it will double the blood choline ...
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• US: Effects of alcohol on the adolescent brain

  
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  Link: http://www.westport-news.com/local/ci_13905558 By Karen Kovacs Dydzuhn Drinking alcohol at a young age, while the brain is still forming, causes cognitive and structural damage which could be irreversible. "Studies have proven that alcohol causes brain atrophy," said Dr. Nicole Gorman, a pediatrician at ...
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• Developmental Psychologist Says Teenagers Are Different

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 483
  Thats the title for, " A Conversation With Laurence Steinberg ," conducted by Claudia Dreifus for the New York Times science section. Laurence Steinberg, a developmentalpsychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, is one of theleading experts in the United States on adolescent behavior andadolescent brain ...
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• Mapping the unborn baby’s brain in 3D

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Amazing, watch a mother to be have a MR scan of her baby. Link to read more about this new brain study at London’s Hammersmith Hospital. Using the scans doctors say they expect better diagnoses of brain disorders, including malformations, growth problems or injuries that can lead to cerebral palsy and sometimes ...
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• Molecular brakes that affect brain plasticity identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Even brain needs a set of molecular brakes that stabilize its circuitry during development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.In fact, the researchers also found that experimentally removing those brakes in mice enhanced the animals’ performance in a ...
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• Meet Jess the 3 Year Old Sleepwalker

  
  SLEEP Online Magazine - The SLEEP Blog - All about SLEEP, SLEEPING, and SLEEPINESS — Authority: 127
  Sleepwalking is normally expected from adults but for a 3 year old? Well she is from Britain and she has been the subject of a documentary. This sleepwalking problem has been plaguing the family for 2 years and Jess has been living a practical double life. During the day she is like any jolly little girl but at night ...
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• If Kids Who Talk Back Are Gifted, Then I’m Raising Geniuses!

  
  EmpoweringParents.com — Authority: 117
  A new study asks, “Are certain parenting techniques, like using commands with kids, short-circuiting brain development?” Tracking more than 8,000 children, the  findings suggest that regardless of socioeconomic background, small differences in communication style can have an impact on children. Evidently, ...
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• How technology is altering our brains

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Most of us in the developed world now have relationships with computers – and access to information and entertainment – that we could not have dreamed about even a decade or so ago. We spend our days sifting emails and browsing the internet, then relax by tweeting or networking online and playing computer games, ...
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