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Brain health
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Physical activity tracked 23% less motor neuron disease across 384,836 UK adults
Exercise has long been suspected of raising motor neuron disease risk, mostly from studies of elite athletes. An Oxford team followed 384,836 people for 14 years and found the opposite, with the lowest risk mid-range.
Sep 1, 2026
Starting autism intervention earlier predicted better outcomes across 582 children
Parents are pushed to maximize therapy hours, often at great cost. Pooling individual data on 582 autistic children across five countries, intensity was largely unrelated to progress, while age at start was among the strongest predictors.
Sep 1, 2026
Blood sodium in the upper normal range tracked up to 3 times the dementia risk
About half of adults do not drink enough, and blood sodium creeps up when they do not. Across 409,000 people followed for up to 30 years, dementia risk began climbing at levels a doctor would read as perfectly normal.
Sep 1, 2026
Dark chocolate cut 13 seconds off a standard attention test across 16 randomized trials
Cocoa research has produced a decade of enthusiastic small studies and no settled answer. A GRADE-assessed pooling of 16 trials and 2,847 people found the clearest gains on tests of executive function and processing speed.
Sep 1, 2026