Study: Physically-active video games (‘exergames’) boost cognition more than physical activity alone

— Active gam­ing is good for brain health and mem­o­ry, finds study (Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­ches­ter release): “Video games which involve phys­i­cal activ­i­ty sig­nif­i­cant­ly boost our brain health as we get old­er, accord­ing to new research led by Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­ches­ter experts. Study authors Dr Emma Stan­more and Joseph Firth say sys­tems that use phys­i­cal activity…

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Grand Rounds: Briefing the Next US President

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US Pres­i­dent, Thank you for vis­it­ing Grand Rounds, the week­ly col­lec­tion of the best health and med­ical blog posts, in the midst of your very busy sched­ule. The health and med­ical blo­gos­phere would like to make sure you and your team take into account the issues out­lined below as you…

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