One Gut Bacterium Is Linked to Stronger Muscles in People and Mice
Dr. Borja Martinez-Tellez's team found that people carrying more of one gut bacterium had stronger muscles, and that mice fed the same species gained grip strength without exercising.
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Years of Higher Weight Linked to Faster Decline in Memory and Thinking
Drawing on more than two decades of national survey data, Dr. Suhang Song's team found that a higher long-term average body mass index was linked with faster declines in memory and thinking in middle-aged and older Americans.
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Taking Asthma Care to School: Improving Treatment, Reducing Hospital Visits, and Closing Health Disparities Gaps
Professor Kimberly Arcoleo's team found that after their school nurse began giving them daily asthma medicine, children had better asthma control and far fewer emergency visits and hospital stays.
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Larger Fat Cells Linked to How the Body Handles Fat After Meals
Professor André Carpentier's team found that, regardless of body fat, people with larger belly fat cells took more fat into the heart after meals and stored more in deep belly fat.
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Your Immune System Learns and Remembers in Ways That Echo the Brain
Professor Volker Schirrmacher's review compares how the brain and the immune system find their way, learn and remember, and presents them as partners that evolved side by side.
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