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Action Video Games Sharpen Vision 20% - University of Rochester News
Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved by about 20 percent in their ability to identify letters presented in clutter—a visual acuity test similar to ones used in regular ophthalmology clinics. In essence, playing video game improves your bottom line on a standard eye chart.
Couples Are Heading to India for Cheap Fertility Services and Surrogates - MSNBC
Surrogate motherhood is among the latest in a long list of roles being outsourced to India, where rent-a-womb services are far cheaper than in the West.
Loneliness is Linked to Alzheimer’s - BBC
People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, a large US study has suggested. The findings come from a study of more than 800 elderly patients, who were followed over a four-year period.
Stem Cells May help Heal Joint Injuries - Science Daily
Biomedical sciences professor Dean Betts and doctoral candidate Thomas Koch are hoping to use stem cells to improve cartilage healing after joint injuries. They’re working with horses, where joint injuries are both common and costly, and say the research could be a model for helping human joint injuries. “Equine joints are similar to human joints in aspects such as joint thickness and spontaneous athletic injuries, so the research may be transferable,” said Koch.
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