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Abstract Objective: This study aimed to examine the associations between sleep duration, adiposity indicators, and cognitive development in young children. Methods: Participants were 217 children aged 19–60 months in Canada in the supporting Healthy physical AcTive Childcare setting (HATCH) study. Nap duration and nighttime sleep duration were assessed using a parent questionnaire and were summed up as total sleep duration. Body mass index (BMI) z-scores and weight status were determined using the World Health Organization growth standards. Expressive vocabulary and working memory were asse...

Today’s Medical Advancements Treat the Aging Brain, Offering Active, Independent and Redefining Retirement Era SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. /Massachusetts Newswire – National News/ — Despite U.S. Baby Boomers having the longest life expectancy in history [1], their brains are aging at a faster rate than previous generations, according to a recent Ohio State University nationwide study [2]. For Boomers, the first generation to show cognition regression, research indicates that wealth and education have no equitable bearings on brain function. Currently ranging from ages 62 to 72 (born 1948-1959) ...

Today's Medical Advancements Treat the Aging Brain, Offering Active, Independent and Redefining Retirement Era

Frustrating, like mixing paint, and then just sort of get into this state of, you know -- >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then take a variety of cognitive tests. >> the affects will be disruption in memory, disruptions in inhibitory control. they will become slower. at cognitive functioning, a wide range of things. these affects are temporary, but they're pretty pronounced, and they are clear. >> and it's slowly becoming clear to scientists what part of the brai...

Receptors in this region, and we think that marijuana, particularly in the novice, can disrupt all of those behaviors. >> an impairment that hart cautions could be dangerous. especially when driving. >> you may prematurely hit your brakes. you may prematurely hit the gas pedal. a wide range of things. you may make a turn without looking more carefully. >> look at this experiment done cnn affiliate kiro in washington state. subjects smoke marijuana and then drove. one was a daily medical marijuana smoker and another an infrequent weekend smoker. >> relaxed and buzzed. >> the more the novice use...