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• Exercise may be the best medicine for Alzheimer's disease
• A maternal junk food diet alters development of opioid pathway in the offspring
• Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for 'comfort foods'
• Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity
• New guidelines for exercise in children
• Video killed the interview star
• Sharing the wealth with loyal workers
• Topical analgesic may provide pain-free 'skin glue' repair of cuts in children
• Are you hiring the wrong person?
• Head hits can be reduced in youth football

Exercise may be the best medicine for Alzheimer's disease Posted: 30 Jul 2013 09:32 AM PDT Regular, moderate exercise could improve memory and cognitive function in those at risk for Alzheimer's disease in a way no drug can. Scientists studied the effects of exercise on a group of older adults with mild cognitive impairment and found that brain activity associated with memory, measured by neuroimaging, improved after 12 weeks of a moderate exercise program.

A maternal junk food diet alters development of opioid pathway in the offspring Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:14 AM PDT New animal research suggests that maternal diet during pregnancy can alter the development of a signalling pathway associated with reward processing in the offspring.

Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for 'comfort foods' Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:14 AM PDT New research finds that adult rats reared in a stressful neonatal environment demonstrate more anxiety and stress, and they prefer to eat more foods rich in fat and sugar.

Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:13 AM PDT New animal research suggests greater risk for obesity and associated Type 2 diabetes in individuals that respond to stress in a passive manner and were born to mothers that were stressed during their pregnancy.

New guidelines for exercise in children Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:14 PM PDT New guidelines highlight the amount of exercise under tens should take to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. Sixty to 85 minutes of physical activity is recommended per day, including 20 minutes of vigorous activity, experts report.

Video killed the interview star Posted: 29 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT Using video conferencing for job interviews disadvantages both employers and candidates. In simulated job interviews, candidates who were interviewed by video-conferencing were rated lower by interviewers and were less likely to be recommended for hiring. Candidates also rated their interviewers as less attractive, personable, trustworthy and competent.

Sharing the wealth with loyal workers Posted: 29 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT Workers who are loyal to their employers tend to be paid more, according to the first broad-scale study of worker loyalty and earnings.

Topical analgesic may provide pain-free 'skin glue' repair of cuts in children Posted: 29 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT More than 50 percent of children who were given a topical analgesic had no pain during wound repair with "skin glue," according to the new results.

Are you hiring the wrong person? Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:15 AM PDT A new study finds employment managers tend to ignore the context of past performance.

Head hits can be reduced in youth football Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:15 AM PDT Less contact during practice could mean a lot less exposure to head injuries for young football players, according to researchers.

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