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Flavor and texture alter how full we expect a food to makes us feel

Low calorie foods may help people lose weight but there is often a problem that people using them do not feel full. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Flavour shows that subtle manipulations of tex ...

Health created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Couple of weekly portions of oily fish can help ward off stroke

Eating at least two servings of oily fish a week is moderately but significantly associated with a reduced risk of stroke, finds a study published in British Medical Journal .

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Delaying radiation therapy after hysterectomy ups risk of uterine cancer recurrence

Waiting too long after a hysterectomy to begin radiation therapy may increase the risk of uterine cancer recurrence, according to a new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Cancer created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Empathy represses analytic thought, and vice versa

New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler's story – one that upon a second look offers clues it was false.

Neuroscience created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Women with lupus have a higher risk for preeclampsia

New research reports that women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a two-fold increase in risk of preeclampsia—a dangerous condition in which pregnant women develop high blood pressure (hypertension) and protein ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Animals learn to fine-tune their sniffs

Animals use their noses to focus their sense of smell, much the same way that humans focus their eyes, new research at the University of Chicago shows.

Neuroscience created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finding triggers of birth defects in an embryo heart

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model – a key to understanding triggers of ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pot, gay marriage, assisted suicide on US ballots

(AP)—Voters in some U.S. states will get a chance on Election Day to decide intriguing topics that President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney have ignored, including death penalty repeal, marijuana ...

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High levels of vitamin D in plasma protects against bladder cancer

High levels of vitamin D are associated with protection against bladder cancer, according to a multidisciplinary study coordinated by molecular biologists and epidemiologists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre ...

Cancer created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An exoskeleton of advanced design promises a new degree of independence for people with paraplegia (w/ Video)

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought they would never take another step.

Medical research created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique protein bond enables learning and memory

Two proteins have a unique bond that enables brain receptors essential to learning and memory to not only get and stay where they're needed, but to be hauled off when they aren't, researchers say.

Medical research created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bullying has long-term health consequences

Childhood bullying can lead to long term health consequences, including general and mental health issues, behavioral problems, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol use, and homelessness, a study by the Crime Victims' Institute ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How does the brain measure time?

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) have found a small population of neurons that is involved in measuring time, which is a process that has traditionally been difficult ...

Neuroscience created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

E. coli adapts to colonize plants

New research from the Institute of Food Research has given new clues as to how some E. coli strains, normally at home in mammalian gastrointestinal tracts, have adopted slightly different transmission strategies, with some b ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds that just one high-fat meal can affect your heart health

Eat a breakfast sandwich and your body will be feeling the ill effects well before lunch – now that's fast food!

Cardiology created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast