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Joseph Shavit
Sep 10, 2022
Can the flu shot reduce your risk of stroke?
The study looked at ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common type of stroke.
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Joseph Shavit
Oct 19, 2021
Eating Mushrooms May Lower Risks of Anxiety and Depression
Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one’s risk of cancer and premature death...
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 27, 2021
New research “sniffs out” how memories are formed
The ability to remember relationships between unrelated items (an odor and a location, a song and an event) is known as associative memory
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 15, 2020
Does Eating Fish Protect Our Brains From Air Pollution?
[July 15, 2020: American Academy of Neurology] Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or...
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