Ten minutes moderate-to-vigorous exercise a day in mid-life helps protect brain 25 years later, research reveals
Ben O Driscoll
Updated: 6 Jan 2021, 21:55
TEN minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise a day in mid-life helps protect the brain 25 years later, research reveals.
Walking briskly, running or cycling for 75 minutes a week was found to be “important for promoting brain health and preserving the actual structure of your brain”.
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Walking briskly, running or cycling for 75 minutes a week was found to be important for promoting brain health Credit: Getty - Contributor
The study involved more than 1,600 people, with an average age of 53, who had five checks over a quarter of a century.
NYC records its first homicide of 2021 as one person is killed and two injured in shooting at a Queens hotel just ONE HOUR after the ball dropped in Time s Square - after 2020 marked the bloodiest year since 2011 with 447 murders
The triple shooting took place outside the Umbrella Hotel on Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens just after 1 a.m. Friday
One man, 20, was shot in the body and was pronounced dead in hospital
Another 20-year-old male and a 40-year-old male were also shot
They are in Queens General Hospital in non-critical conditions
An NYPD spokesperson told DailyMail.com there had been a dispute between the victims and a group of people before the shooting
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Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die before receiving a liver. Now a study headed by UC San Francisco and Columbia University highlights the role that frailty plays in this gender gap.
The study followed 1,405 patients with cirrhosis, of whom 41 percent were women, awaiting liver transplantation at nine transplant centers in the United States. The men, whose ages ranged from 49 to 63, were more likely to have chronic hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease (27 percent versus 22, and 33 percent versus 19 percent). The women, whose ages ranged from 50 to 63, were more likely to have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and autoimmune cholestatic liver disease (23 percent versus 16 percent, and 23 percent versus 9 percent).
Digihost Announces Intention to Increase Mining Capacity Through Acquisition of New Miners
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 17, 2020 Digihost Technology Inc. (“
Digihost” or the “
Company”) (TSXV: DGHI; OTCPK: HSSHF) is pleased to report that it plans to increase its Bitcoin mining capacity by 20% through the acquisition of new miners by the end of the first quarter of 2021.
Michel Amar, CEO commented, “This is the first step forward in our strategic plan to double our mining capacity by the end of 2021. Due to the ongoing interest and adoption of Bitcoin, Digihost is well positioned to significantly expand its Bitcoin mining operations. The Bitcoin price has reached a new milestone, crossing US$20,000 for the first time in its history, which validates our core beliefs that Bitcoin is not only an alternative store of value like gold, it’s also a very secure method of payment, the first application of blockchain technology. We are extremely optimistic regarding the
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With AI, 3D imaging and a robot, Medtronic Spine aims to leave competitors bent out of shape
With a recent acquisition from France, Medtronic is aiming to leverage AI in the world of spine surgery and integrate the system with its robot.
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Medicrea’s UNiDTM ASI (Adaptive Spine Intelligence) technology
Medtronic’s general surgery robot Hugo will have some major catching up to do given that the top dog in the robotics world Intuitive Surgical’s Da Vinci robot has solidified its lead over the years despite many competitors. But when it comes to Medtronic’s spine division, the Irish medtech giant is in much better shape.