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Those who frequently use different types of media at the same time appear to be better at integrating information from multiple senses when asked to perform a specific task

Those who consumed about 7g nuts daily had lower body weight, lower BMI and lower waist circumference than those who did not eat nuts

Culture can bring out collaboration or authoritarianism, sociability or greed in the people who wield influence and power

Those primed to materialism are more competitive, more depressed and less sociable—they don't feel like investing their time in pro-social activities like working for a good cause

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have found that even a modest weight loss of 5 per cent can lead to health benefits

If negative thinking becomes a chronic thinking pattern, you're heading towards full-blown clinical depression

Adults above 45 years of age who are more physically active are less likely to experience functional limitations and psychological distress

Eating two servings of soy every day reduces the frequency and severity of hot flashes by up to 26 per cent

The ability to form memories lasting a few hours is lost due to age-related impairment of the function of certain neurons. Intriguingly, stimulating those same neurons can reverse these age-related memory defects

When under stress, cells of the immune system are unable to respond to hormonal control, and consequently, produce levels of inflammation that promote disease