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Vegan Buddhist nuns have same bone density as non-vegetarians
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A study comparing the bone health of 105 post-menopausal vegan Buddhist nuns and 105 non-vegetarian women, matched in every other physical respect, has produced a surprising result. Their bone density was identical.
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German nuns prove perfect sample for scientific study
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists in Germany found a group of more than 400 nuns the perfect sample group for an investigation into links between education and senility, the lead researcher said Wednesday.
Japanese find Buddist caves near Bamiyan
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Oct 30, 2006 |
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A Japanese research team has found some Buddhist caves in a valley about 62 miles from the Bamiyan archeological site in Afghanistan.
Nun Study returns to Minnesota, where scientists plan to research Alzheimer's, dementia
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Last fall, scientists from the University of Minnesota returned from Kentucky with some 600 preserved brains and 439 boxes filled with memories. That's how the world-famous Nun Study of Alzheimer's disease came home to Minnesota, ...
Selflessness, core of all major world religions, has neuropsychological connection
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. An MU study has data to support a neuropsychological model ...
Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...
Language skills in your twenties may predict risk of dementia decades later
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to research published in the July 9, 2009, ...
As Google, AT&T feud simmers, a partnership waits in the wings
Oct 20, 2009 |
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It's not often that phone sex lines and Benedictine nuns enter into debates on telecommunications industry regulation, but AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are making it happen.
Could Alzheimer's drug be on horizon?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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It's a miracle drug, a medication that can slow or even stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease. It also doesn't exist.
Ancient Buddhist murals found in Nepal
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May 05, 2007 |
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Murals depicting the life of Buddha and painted 800 years ago have been discovered in a cave in a remote area of Nepal, a report said.
1,100-year-old artifact found in China
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Aug 07, 2006 |
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Cultural relic experts have discovered the top portion of an 1,100-year-old Buddhist artifact in the Henan Province of China.
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