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New research shows the risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy…

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Nanoplastics have the potential to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), suggests a new study using human BBB cells

2 months ago uef.fi neuroscience

Lifestyle intervention from childhood to adolescence affects metabolism even years later

2 months ago uef.fi health

A Finish study found that the season in which someone is born—notably autumn and winter—is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis

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A new study is the first in the world to show that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high genetic risk

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A healthy diet is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetic risk

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Self-critical perfectionism gnaws on students’ well-being already in lower secondary school, finds a new study of 9th-graders from Finland

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High cholesterol levels in adolescence (17-24Y) increase by 20-30% the risk of structural and functional heart damage during adolescence which worsens by young adulthood

10 months ago uef.fi health

Childhood sedentariness causes elevated cholesterol but light physical activity may neutralize it

11 months ago uef.fi health

Common oral infections, periodontal diseases and caries, are associated with inflammatory metabolic profiles related to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases

12 months ago uef.fi medicine

Study on 20 participants with an avg of 17.9 years found those who were stronger, faster and more agile, in other words, had better neuromuscular fitness since childhood, had larger Crus I grey matter volume in adolescence

12 months ago uef.fi health neuroscience

A healthy diet, reading and doing sports promote reasoning skills in children

15 months ago uef.fi health

Higher- than-recommended doses of Vitamin D reduced risk of atrial fibrillation

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According to findings from a recent follow-up study in Finland, young adults (from 13-15 to 18 years) whose heavy drinking began in adolescence have lower cortical gray matter thickness and altered neurotransmission

17 months ago uef.fi health

Study sheds light on the mechanisms of neural plasticity induced by the antidepressant fluoxetine: research in mice shows it facilitated the erasure of learned fear responses, decreased the spontaneous reactivation of these responses and they exhibited faster learning of spatial patterns

20 months ago uef.fi neuroscience

30 minutes of car preheating in sub-zero conditions produces as much particulate emissions as driving 97km in a gasoline car, or 20km in a diesel car “These findings do not suggest to stop preheating cars; instead, we could reduce the emissions by using similar methods that are in place for engine”

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More than 60% of family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experienced at least mild depressive symptoms already at the time the individual with AD was diagnosed

2 years ago uef.fi disease

Vitamin D supplementation seems to alleviate depressive symptoms in adults

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Men’s loneliness linked to an increased risk of cancer, finds a new study of 2,570 middle-aged men from Finland

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Binge drinking in adolescence is associated with changes in the volume of the cerebellum in the brains of young adults, a new brain imaging study finds, even though they were highly functional and had normal cognitive capacity, and none of them met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder.

3 years ago uef.fi brain

Boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skilful peers, a new study shows. In girls, this was not found to be the case

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Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke, suggests a new Finnish study (n=1,950 men), which found a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to one egg per day is not associated with an elevated risk of stroke.

5 years ago uef.fi

Boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skilful peers, a new study shows. In girls, this was not found to be the case

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The use of benzodiazepines and related drugs is associated with a modestly increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent case-control study (N = 70,719 cases and 282,862 matched controls).

6 years ago uef.fi disease

Early signs of cardiovascular diseases (increased arterial stiffness, impaired arterial dilation capacity) already present in children with weaker physical fitness, higher body fat content…

9 years ago uef.fi

Aggressive behaviour increases adolescent drinking, depression doesn't: Adolescents who behave aggressively are more likely to drink alcohol and in larger quantities than their peers…

10 years ago uef.fi

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New research shows the risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy…

Nanoplastics have the potential to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), suggests a new study using human BBB cells

Lifestyle intervention from childhood to adolescence affects metabolism even years later

A Finish study found that the season in which someone is born—notably autumn and winter—is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis

A new study is the first in the world to show that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high genetic risk

A healthy diet is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetic risk

Self-critical perfectionism gnaws on students’ well-being already in lower secondary school, finds a new study of 9th-graders from Finland

High cholesterol levels in adolescence (17-24Y) increase by 20-30% the risk of structural and functional heart damage during adolescence which worsens by young adulthood

Childhood sedentariness causes elevated cholesterol but light physical activity may neutralize it

Common oral infections, periodontal diseases and caries, are associated with inflammatory metabolic profiles related to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases

Study on 20 participants with an avg of 17.9 years found those who were stronger, faster and more agile, in other words, had better neuromuscular fitness since childhood, had larger Crus I grey matter volume in adolescence

A healthy diet, reading and doing sports promote reasoning skills in children

Higher- than-recommended doses of Vitamin D reduced risk of atrial fibrillation

According to findings from a recent follow-up study in Finland, young adults (from 13-15 to 18 years) whose heavy drinking began in adolescence have lower cortical gray matter thickness and altered neurotransmission

Study sheds light on the mechanisms of neural plasticity induced by the antidepressant fluoxetine: research in mice shows it facilitated the erasure of learned fear responses, decreased the spontaneous reactivation of these responses and they exhibited faster learning of spatial patterns

More than 60% of family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experienced at least mild depressive symptoms already at the time the individual with AD was diagnosed

Vitamin D supplementation seems to alleviate depressive symptoms in adults

Men’s loneliness linked to an increased risk of cancer, finds a new study of 2,570 middle-aged men from Finland

Binge drinking in adolescence is associated with changes in the volume of the cerebellum in the brains of young adults, a new brain imaging study finds, even though they were highly functional and had normal cognitive capacity, and none of them met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder.

Boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skilful peers, a new study shows. In girls, this was not found to be the case

Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke, suggests a new Finnish study (n=1,950 men), which found a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to one egg per day is not associated with an elevated risk of stroke.

Boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skilful peers, a new study shows. In girls, this was not found to be the case

The use of benzodiazepines and related drugs is associated with a modestly increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent case-control study (N = 70,719 cases and 282,862 matched controls).

Early signs of cardiovascular diseases (increased arterial stiffness, impaired arterial dilation capacity) already present in children with weaker physical fitness, higher body fat content…

Aggressive behaviour increases adolescent drinking, depression doesn't: Adolescents who behave aggressively are more likely to drink alcohol and in larger quantities than their peers…