Video Games Boost Cognition, Exercise Improves Mental Health
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A large-scale study has revealed that playing video games improves cognitive abilities, while physical exercise enhances mental health, but each activity only affects one domain.
The study, involving over 1,000 participants, found that frequent gamers performed cognitively like people 13.7 years younger but saw no mental health benefits.
A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose bladder cancer more accurately than current standard methods.
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The UK's national research agency is backing a plan to speed up dementia testing with up to £80 million ($105.48 million) in funding, to improve diagnosis rates and cut waiting times that can exceed a year.
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