Sep 22, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
A number of studies have shown how playing video games can lead to structural changes in the brain, including increasing the size of some regions, or to functional changes, such as activating the areas responsible for attention or visual-spatial skills. New research from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has gone further to show how cognitive changes can take place even years after people stop playing.
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Sep 21, 2020
Doctors NDTV – Varsha Vats
It can be quite difficult to make your kids eat healthy. Kids are usually fond of sweets and unhealthy snacks. These are loaded with calories and deprived of nutrition generally. Children require optimum nutrition for healthy growth and development. It also helps in proving optimum energy for the different activities children perform on day to day basis. Inculcating healthy eating habits since childhood helps in building healthy eating habits in later life. Fresh fruits, lots of vegetables and freshly prepared homemade food are best for your kids. These are free of preservatives, added colours and sugar. Here are some tips for all the parents that can help them make their kids healthy.
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Sep 21, 2020
The Danville Record and Bee – Holly Prestidge
Throw virtual education and required screen time into the mix — over which many parents have no control — plus their own needs to work from home, which leads to kids being entertained on devices more often, and therein lies the “perfect storm,” said Susan Holt, a certified and licensed family life coach based in Richmond who specializes in family dynamics and relationships.
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Sep 20, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has answered this question and shown for the first time that a dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs at the age of about 2-and-a-half.
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Sep 20, 2020
Moms – Tonya Cotto
The struggle to get more green time versus more screen time leaves many of us parents juggling. Our children crave screen time, but we know it needs to be limited on the other. According to a study done by North Carolina State University, even kids who live in rural areas spend more time on their screens than outdoor.
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