Revolutionary Music Therapy Helps Paralyzed Man Walk and Talk Again–Singing and Hearing ‘Unlocked the Brain’

A patient who was left almost completely paralyzed from a rare disease is now walking and talking again, after a music therapist prescribed mindful listening to his favorite song every night—in this case, a tune by The Carpenters. 71 year-old Ian Palmer was struck down with Guillain-Barré syndrome last June, forcing him to spend seven […]

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Great-Grandma Gets 90th Birthday Wish to Ride a Harley Again, Courtesy of a Biker Gang

A great-grandmother who is mad for motorcycles was granted her birthday wish to ride on the back of a Harley-Davidson – a call-back to her youth while celebrating turning 90. Fearless Brit Barbara Morris said she “felt 21 again” during her spin around town on the powerful American cruising bike. She mentioned to her family […]

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Your Inspiring Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free […]

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Woman’s Life Saved After Her Dog Found a Kidney Donor at the Beach: One-in-22 Million Odds

In an absolutely jaw-dropping change of fortune, a Welshwoman with late-stage renal failure met a kidney donor on the beach who happened to be a perfect match. 44-year-old Lucy Humphrey from Caerphilly has lived her whole adult life with lupus, but it was in 2017 that she heard from her doctors that if she couldn’t […]

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Ex-Racehorse Destined for Kill Pen Rescued by Woman Who Helped Raise Her–WATCH

Meaghan Martin has seen a lot of long faces in her years as a horse trainer, and it was this history that allowed her to turn a potentially-sad story into a happy ending. She was just a teenager when she met the young mare Saxy, a horse that was to be trained for racing. But […]

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Study links nutrients, brain structure, cognition in healthy aging

Scientists found that blood markers of two saturated fatty acids along with certain omega-6, -7 and -9 fatty acids correlated with better scores on tests of memory and were associated with larger brain structures in the frontal, temporal, parietal and insular cortices.

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Man Finds Dolls Cozied-Up in Back of His Mailbox–the Scene Changes but Mystery Remains

When a Michigan man went for a routine walk to his mailbox to collect unwanted supermarket papers and publicity, he discovered to his surprise he had some uninvited guests. Two wooden dolls sitting on a miniature couch in the back of the box with a note between them that read “We’ve decided to live here. […]

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First 'gene silencing' drug for Alzheimer's disease shows promise

A new trial has found a new genetic therapy for Alzheimer's disease that is able to safely and successfully lower levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause the disease.

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Singapore Sleuth Spends 8 Months Tracking Down Owner of Family Heirlooms Documents—And Finds Him

An art lecturer and collector from Singapore went on the journey of a lifetime to reunite World War II memorabilia with its owner after buying them at auction. The grand adventure begin in 2022 when 39-year-old Wesley Leon Aroozoo bid on a collection of antique stamps, postcards, and articles that included an unmarked set of […]

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Mom Wins Lottery with Ticket She Bought Celebrating Daughter’s Victory Over Cancer

After shelling out her life savings to pay for her daughter’s breast cancer treatment, a Florida grandmother got a nod from the universe. Buying the last available scratch-off from her preferred lottery game at the store, she landed a $2 million jackpot. Geraldine Gimblet of Lakeland was celebrating the moment that her daughter, Lawrencia Jackson, […]

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NICU Nurse Adopts 14-Year-Old Teen Patient with Triplets, to Keep Their Family Together

Sometimes there are no limits to what a person will do for their family, and in the case of a NICU nurse that was true, seemingly, for one of her patients as well. Nurse Katrina Mullen cared for a 14-year-old teen mom of premature triplets, named Shariya Small, and feared that the three babies would […]

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Visionary Gardener Turns Piles of Beached Seaweed Into Bricks for Sustainable Construction

While tourists visiting Mexican beaches complain about piles of smelly seaweed, one Mexican gardener reckoned it was something like a gift. The governments in places like Cancun have been required to clear away as much as 40,000 tons of sargassum seaweed, which smells like rotten eggs, but Omar de Jesús Vazquez Sánchez is steering it […]

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A myth no more: Cranberry products can prevent urinary tract infections for women

Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection -- and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before it gets started. A global study looking at the benefits of cranberry products has determined cranberry juice, and its supplements, reduce the risk of repeat symptomatic UTIs in women by more than a quarter, in children by more than half, and in people susceptible to UTI following medical interventions by about 53%.

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Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery

The biological age of humans and mice undergoes a rapid increase in response to diverse forms of stress, which is reversed following recovery from stress, according to a new study. These changes occur over relatively short time periods of days or months, according to multiple independent epigenetic aging clocks.

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Your Inspiring Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

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Baby Says ‘I Love You’ to Dad By Copying His Lip Movements–WATCH

A user of the online bulletin board Reddit got hold of a great little video to uplift the heart and remind all parents of those special moments of immense pride. In the video, a relatively new father has a toddler resting in his arms and is attempting to talk with him. Clearly not of talking […]

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She’s Happily Married with Six All Because of a Text Sent to the Wrong Number

When a woman texted an uplifting Bible verse to the wrong number, she couldn’t have imagined what this small mishap would lead to. It was 2009, and Brenda Rivera hoped merely to cheer up her friend with the Lord’s council of “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,” but instead cheered up a […]

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Online tool found to be effective at assessing dementia risk

Scientists hope the new tool could be used to make it easier for GPs and patients to get information on dementia risk factors.

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Simple test may predict cognitive impairment long before symptoms appear

In people with no thinking and memory problems, a simple test may predict the risk of developing cognitive impairment years later, according to a new study.

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Paper Airplane Designed by Boeing Engineers Breaks World Record–Nearly Flying Length of Football Field

A duo of third-generation Boeing engineers aimed a little lower than a 757, and designed the world’s best paper airplane. As one would expect from aerospace engineers, the pair of young men knew what they were doing, and it took 20 minutes to fold the airplane which eventually flew 290 feet—a Guinness World Record. Boeing […]

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Neuroscientists identify cells especially vulnerable to Alzheimer's

Researchers have identified neurons in the brain that may contribute to some of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, making it a good target for potential new drugs to treat the disease.

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Photographer Captures Jaw-Dropping Mysterious Spiral Over the Aurora with a Simple Explanation–(LOOK)

For Todd Slatt, a.k.a the “Aurora Hunter” photographing the northern lights is nothing out of the ordinary, but last Saturday, he witnessed something emerging from the darkness of the night sky that shocked and inspired him. A spiral of pale blue light began to form in the distance, growing ever larger and coming ever closer […]

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A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer's treatment

Neuroscientists found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice by using a peptide to interfere with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

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Mitochondria power-supply failure may cause age-related cognitive impairment

Scientists found mitochondria size does not coincide with energy demand in the brain as it ages, potentially causing age-related working memory impairment. Their findings point to mitochondria dysfunction rather than synapse loss as cause for age-related cognitive impairment, illuminating research on aging and age-related illness, like Alzheimer's.

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Sugar molecule in blood can predict Alzheimer's disease

Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease requires reliable and cost-effective screening methods. Researchers have now discovered that a type of sugar molecule in blood is associated with the level of tau, a protein that plays a critical role in the development of severe dementia. The study can pave the way for a simple screening procedure able to predict onset ten years in advance.

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Genes are read faster and more sloppily in old age

Scientists have demonstrated the following findings which apply across the animal kingdom: with increasing age, the transcriptional elongation speed of genes increases, whereby the quality of the gene products suffers. With dietary restrictions, these processes could be reversed.

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California’s Desert Superbloom After Spring Rainstorms Is So Big and Bright, it Can be Seen from Space–LOOK

The major storms that battered parts of the state of California this year were intense, disruptive, and in some cases, tragic; but many people must have remembered back to 2019 and anticipated a spring to remember. Indeed, the new ‘Superblooms’ emerging across the state are so large and so colorful, they can be seen from […]

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People who think positively about aging are more likely to recover memory

A new study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a common type of memory loss, were 30% more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken in positive beliefs about aging from their culture, compared to those who had taken in negative beliefs. Researchers also found that these positive beliefs also enabled participants to recover their cognition up to two years earlier than those with negative age beliefs. This cognitive recovery advantage was found regardless of baseline MCI severity.

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Islanders Remain Dedicated to Conservation Above All Despite Living on the ‘World’s Best Beach’

In the 21st-century world of mass tourism, it would be normal to imagine that money talks over all other voices, but the Thai people living on Koh Kradan island close their paradise four months every year, and only welcome tourists who maintain the highest environmental respect. At the beginning of April, the tiny island park […]

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‘I Cured My Anxiety and Depression With Daily Dips in Freezing Water’

A man claims he has cured his depression by taking daily dips in frigid water. The 30-year-old was suffering from severe depression, anxiety, and feelings of dread for years, which lead him to attempt ending his life last year. Mitchell Bock was then hospitalized by a crisis team and discharged after 13 hours with a […]

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Greater fat stores and cholesterol increase with brain volume, but beyond a certain point they are associated with faster brain aging

Among Indigenous, rural non-industrial populations inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland Bolivia, researchers report, there appears to be an optimal balance between levels of food consumption and exercise that maximizes healthy brain aging and reduces the risk of disease.

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Your Inspiring Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free […]

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After Decades Searching, Woman Finds Biological Mom on Facebook and Meets Grandma Days Before her Death

An adopted woman found her mother using a DNA site and Facebook after decades of searching, allowing her to meet her grandmother just days before her death. Rachel Ruiz always knew she was adopted. On her 18th birthday, she was given a handwritten letter written by her birth mom for her future daughter, saying she […]

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Tree Growing Nonprofit is Sprouting Entrepreneurs With Unique Training and Lots of Trees for Madagascar

Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.   This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive on World at Large. Out in the ultra-rural jungles of eastern Madagascar, something is happening that all climate-conscious philanthropists and investors should take note of. A few […]

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A Trip to Delaware Hardware Store Turns into Life-Changing Moment

When Lowe’s employee Dave Urban came across the Getty family in the PVC aisle, he thought he would be helping them find the right fittings or something like that. It was after he heard what was being built, and who it was being built for, that he took the time to do more than just […]

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Church’s Lost Crucifix Rescued From WWI Battlefield Finally Returned After 107 Years

A church destroyed in France during The Somme has regained its holy crucifix lost in the battle. Plucked from the mud in 1916 by a British reverend, it was brought back to Britain and has proudly sat on the altar of All Saints Church in Tinwell since 1936. The crucifix will is due for a […]

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Couple Saves $27,000 a Year By Moving Onto a Houseboat–It Saved Their Mental Health, Too (LOOK)

A couple gave up life on land to live on a houseboat—and doing so saved them $27,500 every year. Sarah Spiro and her boyfriend, Brandon Jones, spent $23,000 to buy a one-bedroom houseboat and moved in two years ago on Fontana Lake, North Carolina. Sarah said it was a “no-brainer” to move, and the duo […]

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High blood pressure in your 30s is associated with worse brain health in your 70s

High blood pressure in early adulthood is associated with worse brain health in late life, according to a new study. Men, compared to women, may be more vulnerable to the detrimental effects of high blood pressure on the brain for some brain regions.

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Ocean Cleanup Hits Milestone of 220 Tons Removed From Pacific Garbage Patch (Watch)

The Ocean Cleanup, the only organization currently tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), has just reached a milestone of 200,000 kilograms, or 220 tons of plastic removed from the ocean. In recent years, the Dutch non-profit completed the test run of their new system 002/B which can capture multiple tons of garbage in one […]

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One of Britain’s Oldest and Greatest Oak Trees Gets $7,000 Hug from Community

In the southern Scottish town of Jedburgh, an old neighbor recently received a helping hand from the community. A 700-1,000-year-old sessile oak, known as the Capon Tree, was awarded a grant of £7,000, or around $8,500, for a caregiving regime after one of its supporting limbs collapsed. Oaks that grow without any other trees nearby […]

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Activating adult-born neurons through deep brain stimulation alleviates Alzheimer's symptoms in rodent models

People with Alzheimer's disease develop defects in cognitive functions like memory as well as problems with noncognitive functions that can lead to anxiety and depression. Investigators used mice to study a process through which new neurons are generated in adulthood, called adult hippocampus neurogenesis (AHN). The research showed that deep brain stimulation of new neurons helped restore both cognitive and noncognitive functions in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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New Shoreline Protection Looks Like Massive Lego Bricks and Doubles as Home for Marine Life

Those aren’t giant Lego bricks out there in the grey waters off the port of Rotterdam, they are part of a new seawall that doubles as a home for marine life. A kind of artificial oyster reef to help safeguard populations of mussels, fish, crustaceans, and other animals, the bricks are claimed to be the […]

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Healthy lifestyle associated with reduced mortality risk in childhood cancer survivors

Researchers found childhood cancer survivors have higher mortality than the public, but survivors with a healthy lifestyle and fewer heart disease risk factors had lower risk.

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Discovery could hold the key to healthy aging during global warming

Researchers have long known that many animals live longer in colder climates than in warmer climates. New research in C. elegans nematode worms suggests that this phenomenon is tied to a protein found in the nervous system that controls the expression of collagens, the primary building block of skin, bone and connective tissue in many animals. Since the C. elegans' protein is similar to nervous system receptor proteins found in other species including humans, the discovery potentially brings scientists closer to finding ways to harness collagen expression to slow down human aging and increase lifespan in the midst of global warming.

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Cold is beneficial for healthy aging, at least in animals

A lower body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to prolong the lifespan of animals. New research has now described precisely how this works. The scientists show that cold can prevent the pathological aggregation of proteins typical for two aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases.

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Critically-Endangered Amur Leopard Twins Born at San Diego Zoo: ‘A Glimmer of Hope’

San Diego zookeepers welcomed the birth of 2 Amur leopard cubs into the world in what is a huge success for the captive breeding of one of the rarest cats in the world. Born on March 28th, the cubs were monitored by remote cameras while they became acquainted with their new world, and their mom […]

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Early menopause, later start to hormone therapy may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease

Women are more likely than men to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD), with women making up two-thirds of the population living with AD. A new study sheds light on the relationship between the risk of Alzheimer's disease and age of menopause and use of hormone therapy (HT).

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Boosting the body's anti-viral immune response may eliminate aging cells

Aging cells express a protein that is produced by human cytomegalovirus and is targeted by certain immune cells in the body. Harnessing the immune response to this protein could have multiple health benefits during aging.

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Machine learning models rank predictive risks for Alzheimer's disease

Once adults reach age 65, the threshold age for the onset of Alzheimer's disease, the extent of their genetic risk may outweigh age as a predictor of whether they will develop the fatal brain disorder, new research suggests. The study is the first to construct machine learning models with genetic risk scores, non-genetic information and electronic health record data from nearly half a million individuals to rank risk factors in order of how strong their association is with eventual development of Alzheimer's disease.

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A Dog and Goat Are So Close The Shelter Decides to Only Place Them as a Team

The workers at Wake County Animal Hospital were left scratching their heads when a dog named Felix arrived at their doorstep with a goat named Cinnamon. Dropped off by animal control who had taken them from a house whose owner had been hospitalized and had no one else who could look after them, they recognized […]

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College Kids Prepare to Send the First Private Lunar Rover to the Moon

A crack team of university students is just a month away from launching the first privately-made lunar rover onto the Moon’s surface. Slated for May the Fourth, the unofficial holiday of the Star Wars franchise, the rover weighs just 2 kilograms, and the mission objectives include demonstrating its technology and snapping scientifically-relevant images. Called Iris, […]

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New mouse study reveals a key process in how the brain forms memories

A new mouse study has identified a gene-enzyme interaction that appears to play a key role in how the brain forms memories. The findings provide insights into how PDE inhibitor medications may help diseases like Alzheimer's.

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Mom Alters Her Old Prom Dress for 5-Year-old to Wear to Daddy-Daughter Dance (Look)

An Oklahoma mom took a scissors to her old prom dress so that her little girl could wear it to her ‘daddy-daughter’ dance—and the results were fantastic. Lexi Donelson was struggling to find the perfect, yet affordable, dress for 5-year-old daughter Sterling when she suddenly remembered she still had her own prom dress. The 26-year-old […]

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They Fell in Love on ‘Nextdoor’ After Living in Same Neighborhood for 40 Years But Never Meeting

This couple fell in love messaging on ‘Nextdoor’—after 40 years of living in the same neighborhood but never meeting. Chris Place logged onto the hyperlocal online bulletin board to look for bargains when he spotted Michelle Tooby. The 44-year old loved her pic so sent a ‘wave’ notification, and was delighted when she popped one […]

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Retinal scans: A non-invasive, inexpensive method to track human aging

Is the eye a window into aging? New research has shown how imaging of the fundus, the blood vessel-rich tissue in the retina, can be used to track human aging, in a way that is noninvasive, less expensive and more accurate than other aging clocks that are currently available. Researchers also did a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to establish the genetic basis for such a clock, which they call eyeAge.

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New form of omega-3 could prevent visual decline with Alzheimer's disease

For the first time, researchers have developed a form of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) that is capable of crossing into the eye's retina to ward off visual declines related to Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and other disorders.

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Twin Paramedics Whose Dad Died of Cardiac Arrest Saved a Man Suffering Same Condition the First Time Working Together

Paramedic twins whose dad died of a cardiac arrest 21 years ago saved a man suffering the same condition—in a tag-team effort, only a day after the anniversary of his death. Angie Mills and her brother Steve Mills were only working together by chance during a rare joint shift as part of the same ambulance […]

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