Archive: 11/08/2012
New research shows limiting carbs to dinner-time increases satiety, reduces risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease
(Medical Xpress)—An experimental diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner could benefit people suffering from severe and morbid obesity, according to new research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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School psychologists can play key role in reducing obesity, raising scores
(Medical Xpress)—How school psychologists can help students prevent obesity and, in turn, achieve academic success is the focus of a study conducted by Neag School of Education researchers and published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Research shows the parts of the brain involved in judging mate potential
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Ireland's Trinity College and Caltech in the US have found after analyzing brain scans of young volunteers, that two brain regions appear to be involved the decision making ...
Neuroscience
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Tips on exercising, or not, when you are sick
Stuffy noses, hacking coughs and aches all over—cold and flu season has arrived. Though your body may be aching and your nose running like a faucet, it can be difficult to decide if you should continue your exercise routine ...
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Tendency to binge drinking runs in the blood
Mice drink more alcohol during the dark cycle compared to daytime. The discovery made by scientists from Portland Alcohol Research Center and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at University of ...
Addiction
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Preventing unnecessary deaths by moving meds safely
An interdisciplinary team with a broad range of expertise – in nursing, civil engineering, computer science, and biostatistics – is working together to confront a serious problem in modern health care: ...
Medications
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Rats' stroke-induced seizures stopped with pulse of light
(Medical Xpress)—Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have shown that a structure deep within the brain is a crucial component of recurring seizures that can arise as a delayed consequence of a cerebral stroke. ...
Neuroscience
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Looking to NANA: Touch-screen technology to address malnutrition in older adults
A touch-screen computer to help detect malnutrition in older adults has been created by a team of researchers led by the University of St Andrews.
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3D manufacturing: Printing a new nose
The suffering caused by the loss of a nose must be indescribable. In terms of function, a sense of smell is perhaps less important than the ability to see, hear and eat - and we can breathe through our mouth ...
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Dream symbols could help in psychotherapy
(Medical Xpress)—Dream images could provide insights into people's mental health problems and may help with their treatment, according to a psychology researcher from the University of Adelaide.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Early use of antiviral medications may help prevent lung failure in children with the flu, reduce hospitalizations
(Medical Xpress)—Children hospitalized for the flu are much less likely to require breathing support from a mechanical ventilator if they receive antiviral drugs like oseltamivir (Tamiflu) as soon as possible after admission, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Total hip replacement surgery may increase risk of stroke
Risk of ischemic stroke increases by nearly 4.7-fold and hemorrhagic stroke 4.4-fold during the first two weeks after total hip replacement surgery, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. ...
Cardiology
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Report into bullying of people with intellectual disabilities and bullying information guide launched
A report into Bullying of People with Intellectual Disabilities and an Easy to Read Bullying Information Guide, compiled by the National Institute for Intellectual Disability (NIID), Trinity College Dublin in association ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Study documents preemies' development in NICU, suggests early interventions
(Medical Xpress)—Premature infants are born into a world their tiny bodies often are not ready for. Developmental differences between those babies and full-term infants often are apparent prior to a preemie's ...
Pediatrics
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Text mining: Technology to speed up Alzheimer's biomarker discovery
New research proves that 'text mining' or using the power of computers to read the entire biomedical knowledge base, is a promising new tool in the search for Alzheimer's disease biomarkers.
Medical research
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