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Who's wealthy? Beyond net worth, asset and debt levels change our perceptions

(Medical Xpress) -- Will borrowing money to buy a new car make you feel richer? It depends on your net worth, says a new study in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. “People’s percept ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Naturally produced protein could boost brain repair

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered that a protein produced by blood vessels in the brain could be used to help the brain repair itself after injury or disease.

Neuroscience created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nutrition policy favours food industry - not public health

The national nutrition policy formulated by Labour and National-led Governments favours the food industry over public health according to new research from the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand..

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Multiple sclerosis research links brain activity to sharper cognitive decline

(Medical Xpress) -- When it comes to communication in the brain, more is usually better. But now scientists have linked increased communication in a network of brain regions to more severe mental impairment in patients with ...

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Concurrent treatment for type 2 diabetes and depression significantly improves both conditions

(Medical Xpress) -- Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, ...

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Protein changes identified in early-onset Alzheimer's

(Medical Xpress) -- With a lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer's, most of us would think long and hard about whether we wanted to know years in advance if we were genetically predisposed to develop the disease. For ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed ...

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Would you stop eating out to lose weight?

Going out to eat has become a major part of our culture. Frequently eating out and consuming high-calorie foods in large portions at restaurants can contribute to excess calorie intake and weight gain. However, a study in ...

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University of Utah, Google seek answers for autism

These days, we hear a lot about the disorder of autism, but researchers at the University of Utah have created a program that helps kids with autism focus on building their skills and utilizing an aptitude ...

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Sorafenib effective in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, but low survival rates reported

Sorafenib was effective in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and a KRAS mutation, but survival rates were reportedly "unsatisfactory," according to data presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins ...

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Man dies from bird flu in Indonesia: officials

A 24-year-old Indonesian man infected with bird flu died in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Tuesday, in the country's third fatal case in three months.

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