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Art is good for you, a new book called Your Brain on Art coauthored by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins, seeks to prove. That’s art inclusive, including visual and creative arts, and it also includes …
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Study after study supports the idea that education builds more neurons that then reduce our risk for developing dementia as we age. Now a new book by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins and coauthor Ivy …
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It seems counterintuitive. Many people who have trouble with movement, such as those with Parkinson’s disease or who’ve had a stroke, may experience a lot of improvement in their ability to move by dancing. That’s just one way the arts …
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“Your Brain on Art” is the name of a new book co-authored by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins, and it has an agenda. Magsamen: How the arts can really change our brains and bodies and …
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Your gut flora, or microbiota, normally helps keep you healthy. When you take an antibiotic it disrupts the flora. Now a new study shows that some types of antibiotics are associated with a poorer response to cancer therapies called immune …
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