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How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

13 November 2017

Bullying and other social stresses may make it easier for inflammatory substances to enter your brain, altering your mood and leaving you susceptible to depression
Childhood exercise may protect against memory loss in old age

Childhood exercise may protect against memory loss in old age

14 August 2017

Rats that run during their youth are better able to remember new things when they are older - a finding that suggests exercise may help prevent dementia

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