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Today, the floating cannon presents you with this issue of the FishIng Reading, No, Interesting Study:
Is pet ownership good for the brain?
Decompress by "buy buy buy"? Don't try such people
Coronavirus causes testicular damage! This would prevent it
Early menopause increases the risk of developing dementia
Is pet ownership good for the brain?
Speaking of this, I am in good spirits ~ after all, I am also a person with cats, and on the "chain of contempt" of "one cat per person" on the Internet, my floating cannon also occupies a place.
Before, I have seen a lot of furry small animals, which will have a beneficial impact on people's psychology and spirits. Unexpectedly, having a pet is actually good for the brain!
The study, which was freshly released in February, came from the American Academy of Neurology.
The study involved 1369 older adults with an average age of 65 who had normal cognitive abilities at the start of the study, with 53 percent owning pets and 32 percent owning pets for a long time (5 years and older).
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Over the next six years, the researchers conducted multiple cognitive tests on the older adults, including counting, counting, and word memory. The overall cognitive score of each person was then calculated, ranging from 0 to 27, and the association between pet ownership and cognitive function was finally assessed.
The results found that the cognitive score of older adults who owned pets declined more slowly, especially those who owned pets for a long time, and their cognitive composite scores were on average 1.2 points higher in year 6 compared to older adults who did not own pets.
Study author Tiffany Braley, MD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Medical Center and fellow of the American Academy of Sciences, said:
"Because stress can negatively affect cognitive function, the ability to decompress pets provides a plausible explanation for our findings."
In addition, having a pet can increase physical activity, which may also be beneficial to cognitive health."
Well! That's it! I will always have a cat when I am old, even if I become a weird multi-cat grandmother, at least my brain is still smart.
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Decompress by "buy buy buy"? Don't try such people
To talk about the way contemporary people decompress, the most common is "buying, buying, buying" and "eating and eating", but it turns out that the happiness obtained through "buying, buying and buying" is also divided.
Researchers at Duke University Business School conducted more than 40 studies that measured how people with different financial situations felt after consumption. The findings indicate:
Financially strapped people are more likely to increase their happiness by buying things, but in fact, such people feel less happy after consuming.
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And whether they buy physical or experiential, whether they pay $100 or $1,000, the results are the same: people with financial stress experience less "buying pleasure."
Study author Gavan Fitzsimons said: "This feeling of financial constraint causes people to re-examine their buying behavior and think about what else they can do with the money."
After consumption, the "soil-eating crowd" will more or less regret it, feel that they are impulsive consumption, and think that they may be able to spend their money in a more valuable place.
And, in one study, researchers analyzed Yelp's online reviews of 15 of the nation's largest restaurant chains, examined data from more than 850 restaurants in 15 large cities, and surveyed the financial situation of those reviewers. It turned out that people who felt more financially stressed were more likely to write worse reviews.
As a result, the researchers also suggested: "Marketers may need to consider whether to ask those who feel financial hardship to write reviews, or to avoid asking customers to review at specific times when they feel financially stressed ,such as before payday." (The little partner who opened the store got a little trick)
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But don't be too frustrated, economists still gave a suggestion to the "soil eaters":
When you feel stressed, don't take revenge, but consume in a planned way. Before entering the mall, thinking about what they want to buy, rather than buying an item on the spot without prior consideration, helps them get more pleasure from the purchase.
Okay, okay, got it. Ben eats the soil girl after the sadness will not go shopping anymore, rest assured to go home to pick up the cat.
Coronavirus causes testicular damage! This prevents
I believe that many people's feelings about the new crown virus are already "numb".
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The side effects of covid-19 infection have been increasingly confirmed by scientists.
In 2022, a study published in Clinical Infection showed that infection with the new crown virus can cause acute damage to the testicles.
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The study injected hamsters with the new coronavirus through two ways: intranasal infection and testicular infection, including the original strain, Delta and Omicron.
Although the viral load and viral protein expression in the testicles are significantly lower than those in lung tissue, the expression of viral proteins can still be detected on the testicles, which also means that the new crown virus can indeed cause damage to the testicles.
4 to 7 days after intranasal infection with the new crown virus, the number of miyanids, serum testosterone and inhibin B in hamsters decreased sharply. Over a period of 42 to 120 days, the size and weight of the hamster's testicles decrease and serum sex hormone levels decrease.
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And with the increase of virus inoculation, the hamster testicles have different degrees of inflammation, bleeding and necrosis, the curved seminal canal degenerates, and it is difficult to produce rice greens.
Similar testicular injuries can occur with Delta and Omicron infections.
However, small partners see here do not be afraid, researchers found that hamsters are vaccinated and then infected with the new crown virus, the number of hamsters with testicular damage is greatly reduced. Therefore, vaccines can effectively prevent damage to the testicles caused by the new crown virus!
Early menopause increases the risk of developing dementia
Recently, the floating cannon found a study that wants to remind everyone that the age of entering menopause is very noteworthy.
In 2022, a study was presented at the American Heart Association's Health Conference, which showed:
Women who enter menopause before age 40 are more likely to develop various types of dementia in their later years than women who start menopause at an average age (50 to 51 years old).
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The study looked at health data from 153291 women with an average age of 60, including the age at which menopause was entered and whether they had various types of dementia (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and other causes of dementia).
Subsequent adjustments were made for factors such as age, ethnicity, education level, whether smoking and drinking habits, body mass index, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, income, leisure and physical activity.
The analysis found:
Women who entered menopause before age 40 were 35 percent more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than women entering menopause at the average age.
Women who entered menopause before age 45 were 1.3 times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia before age 65 than women entering menopause at the average age.
Women who entered menopause at age 52 or older had a similar rate of dementia to women who entered menopause at the mean age.
Study author Wenting Hao, MD of Shandong University in Jinan, China, said: "Realizing that entering menopause too early increases the risk of dementia, we can help women prevent dementia in a targeted manner.
Women who enter menopause early can reduce their risk of developing dementia in a number of ways. This includes daily exercise, participation in leisure and educational activities, no smoking and no alcohol consumption, maintaining a healthy weight, getting enough vitamin D, and asking your doctor if you need calcium supplements."
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Friends, if you have a family member around you who enters menopause earlier, you may wish to forward the article to them intimately, here are a lot of practical suggestions, I hope it can help ~ ~
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[2] Duke University. "When money is tight, 'purchase happiness' is low: People also write worse customer reviews in times of financial stress" [EB/OL]. [2022-04-18].https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220228095500.htm
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