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• TV Viewing Linked to Lower Sperm Count

  

  Posted 4:13 PM 2/5/2013

  Feb. 5, 2013 -- Healthy young men who watch TV for more than 20 hours a week have almost half the sperm count of men who watch very little television. But men who do 15 or more hours of moderate to vigorous exercise every week have sperm counts that are 73% higher than those who exercise for less than five hours a week, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

  Allan Pacey, PhD, British Fertility Society chairman (More)
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• You're Only as Old as You Feel

  

  Posted 7:03 PM 11/20/2012

  Nov. 20, 2012 -- The old saying "You're only as old as you feel" has new life, backed up by a new study.

  Researchers found older people with positive views on aging were 44% more likely to recover fully after severe disability than those with negative views on aging.

  People with positive attitudes about aging also had a slower decline in their ability to do daily tasks such as dressing and bathing.

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• Does Air Pollution Hurt Memory of Older Adults?

  

  Posted 5:54 PM 11/16/2012

  Nov. 16, 2012 -- Air pollution may be bad for older brains, a new study shows.

  Older adults who live in areas of high pollution did not do as well on tests of memory and other thinking skills, according to a new study.

  "We know that air pollution is harmful for a child's developing brain," says researcher Jennifer Ailshire, PhD. She is a National Institute on Aging postdoctoral fellow at the Andrus Gerontology Center of the University of Southern (More)
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• Barack Obama Wins: What It Means for Health Care

  

  Posted 2:36 AM 11/7/2012

  President Barack Obama's victory in Tuesday's election ensures that the health reform law, the signature accomplishment of his first term, will move forward.

  Throughout the campaign, Gov. Mitt Romney vowed to repeal and replace the law if he became president.

  The law, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will for the first time guarantee that all Americans have access to health insurance starting in 2014.

  "The path is (More)
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• Red Wine Compound May Not Help Healthy Women

  

  Posted 8:59 PM 10/25/2012

  Oct. 25, 2012 -- New research raises doubts about the health benefits of the much-hyped red wine compound resveratrol.

  In a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, healthy women in their late 50s and early 60s who took resveratrol (More)
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