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It should come as no surprise that how you treat your brain is essential to your health, longevity and happiness. Researchers who ran the POINTER trial attest to this. Jeffrey Katula, McDonough Family Faculty Fellow in the Wake Forest Department of Health and Exercise Science, worked to design and implement the intervention with the study’s principal investigator Laura D. Baker, Ph.D., a professor of gerontology and geriatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The study included regular support group meetings for the participants. The accountability and community those meetings provided were key to helping 89% of people stick with the trial for two years.
December 15, 2025
Ceylon Today
US–China rivalry will define the 21st century — but only one can shape the rules
“The biggest challenge for global stability in this century is the rivalry between the United States and China. And it will determine who shapes the rules of the international order.” With this uncompromising statement, politics professor Neil DeVotta opened his presentation in Colombo in December, immediately pulling his audience into the gravity of a geopolitical contest that has already reshaped global politics and will continue to mould the future.
December 12, 2025
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