In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven asked his brothers to request that his doctor, J. A. Schmidt, describe his malady—his progressive hearing loss—to the world upon his death so that "as far as possible at least the world will ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Exercise by itself isn't always enough to take off the weight. Now, evidence reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on January 28 helps to explain why that is: our bodies adapt to higher activity levels, so that ...
Jan 28, 2016
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A clinical trial recently showed that nearly half of individuals with type 2 diabetes achieved remission to a non-diabetic state after a weight-loss intervention delivered within 6 years of diagnosis. Now a study published ...
Aug 2, 2018
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Several U.S. states have considered doing away with the practice of changing the clocks forward or back in favor of permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST), while experts around the world suggest permanent Standard Time is a ...
Jan 30, 2020
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Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion makes getting to sleep seem easier. Now, two new studies reported in Current Biology on January 24, one ...
Jan 24, 2019
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As obesity increases in aging Western populations, frailty—which is exacerbated by obesity—is becoming a greater health concern and a major healthcare cost. Now, researchers report July 3 in the journal Cell Metabolism ...
Jul 3, 2019
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Over the past three years, the emergence of long-term effects associated with COVID-19 has led to increased focus on a disease with similar hallmarks and symptoms—myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). ...
Feb 8, 2023
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The link between obesity and health problems may seem apparent. People who are obese are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes, liver disease, cancer, and heart disease. But increasingly, researchers are learning that the connection ...
Oct 11, 2018
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The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. New research publishing online October 2 in the Cell Press journal Neuron provides insights into what happens in our brains when ...
Oct 2, 2014
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When we fall asleep, our brains are not merely offline, they're busy organizing new memories—and now, scientists have gotten a glimpse of the process. Researchers report in the journal Cell Reports on May 5 the first direct ...
May 5, 2020
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