Neuroscience
Calorie-restricting diets slow aging, study finds
The adage 'you are what you eat' has been around for years. Now, important new research provides another reason to be careful with your calories.
Nov 17, 2014
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Immunology
Parasitic infection enables helpful bacteria to displace harmful ones in mice and humans
Infection with worms may counter inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) by triggering immune responses that change the mix of bacteria, or microbiome, in the gut. This is according to a study led by researchers from NYU Langone ...
Apr 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How oxytocin makes a mom: Hormone teaches maternal brain to respond to offspring's needs
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to prompt specific social behaviors - findings that could lead to a better understanding ...
Apr 15, 2015
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Neuroscience
Deep brain stimulation decreases tics in young adults with severe Tourette syndrome
A surgical technique that sends electrical impulses to a specific area of the brain reduces the "tics," or involuntary movements and vocal outbursts, experienced by young adults with severe cases of Tourette syndrome, according ...
Apr 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Newfound effect of cancer drug may expand its use
A drug first designed to prevent cancer cells from multiplying has a second effect: it switches immune cells that turn down the body's attack on tumors back into the kind that amplify it. This is the finding of a study led ...
Feb 10, 2017
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Medical research
First successful vaccination against 'mad cow'-like wasting disease in deer
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and elsewhere say that a vaccination they have developed to fight a brain-based, wasting syndrome among deer and other animals may hold promise on two additional fronts: Protecting ...
Dec 21, 2014
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Health
Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online February 6 issue of Pediatrics.
Feb 6, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disappearing bacterium may protect against stroke
A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers reveals that an especially virulent strain of the gut bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isn't implicated in the overall death rate of the U.S. population, and may ...
Jan 9, 2013
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study links intestinal bacteria to rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers have linked a species of intestinal bacteria known as Prevotella copri to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, the first demonstration in humans that the chronic inflammatory joint disease may be mediated in part ...
Nov 5, 2013
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Cardiology
Cholesterol-lowering medication accelerates depletion of plaque in arteries
In a new study, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have discovered how cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins promote the breakdown of plaque in the arteries. The study was published online by the journal PLoS One ...
Dec 13, 2011
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