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In conversation with Professor Laura Haynes, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Aging

Frontiers

Professor Laura Haynes, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Aging. Frontiers in Aging is an open access journal dedicated to advancing our understanding of human aging and age-related diseases, ultimately leading to improvement in health spans. Here, Frontiers journal manager John Rushton asks Prof.

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Racism and Codeswitching Are Aging Our Brains

Black Health Matters

Racism is not just dangerous for your mental and emotional health; it can age your brain. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that “repeated exposure to racial discrimination has been associated with a greater incidence of brain health disorders.”

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Chronic pain may increase dementia risk: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

Frontiers

A large percentage of the older population is also affected by chronic pain, a leading cause of disability that shares many risk factors with ADRD. These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

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Chronic pain may increase dementia risk: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

Frontiers

A large percentage of the older population is also affected by chronic pain, a leading cause of disability that shares many risk factors with ADRD. These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

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5 Ways Big Data Is Being Used To Understand COVID-19

Smart Data Collective

Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, big data has become a life-saving ally for the health care community. Predicting an individual’s risk of infection — and better understanding the risk factors involved — is vital in a situation like this. Big data can be a tool, a weapon or a currency. Social and hygiene habits.

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Research Uncovers Another Compelling Reason to Get Enough Folate During Pregnancy

Mercola

It's vital for brain and spine development, helping reduce the risk of birth defects. 4 Using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a tool that documents autistic-like behaviors, they assessed the toddlers (ages 3 and 4) born to these women. But while neural tube defects have declined, other health conditions have increased.

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The (sort of, partial) Father mRNA Vaccines Who Now Spreads Vaccine Misinformation (Part 1)

The Health Care Blog

The issues are technical, but basically the researchers put liver cancer cells in a laboratory situation that forced the cells to use information from mRNA of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to make small numbers of DNA fragments called amplicons. Another dose is under study for children below the age of 5.