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Heading a soccer ball may affect cognitive performance, study finds
Sports-related head injuries are a growing concern, and new research suggests that even less forceful actions like 'heading' a soccer ball may cause changes in performance on certain cognitive tasks, according to a paper ...
Health
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Self-reported BMI bias estimates increasing due to weight bias, not weight loss
The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to an increasing bias in self-reported weight, according to research ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 23, 2013 |
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A new mental health framework is needed to prioritize action on global mental health
For mental health to gain significant attention, and funding from policymakers globally, it is not enough to convince people that it has a high disease burden but also that there are deliverable and cost-effective interventions ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Research yields new clues to how brain cancer cells migrate and invade
Researchers have discovered that a protein that transports sodium, potassium and chloride may hold clues to how glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest type of brain cancer, moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue. ...
Cancer
May 01, 2012 |
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Wii-playing surgeons may improve performance on laparoscopic procedures
Laparoscopic surgeons may improve certain aspects of surgical performance by regularly playing on a Nintendo Wii, according to research published February 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gregorio Patrizi and co ...
Surgery
Feb 27, 2013 |
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You are what you eat
Fruit and vegetable consumption is correlated with changes in skin redness and yellowness, as reported in the Mar. 7 issue of the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Health
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Parent-clinician communication about children's drug reactions needs improvement
Many parents are dissatisfied with communication regarding adverse drug reactions experienced by their child, and the implications of such reactions for the child's future use of medicines, according to a new study published ...
Health
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Trafficked women experience violence and poor health
Women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation experience violence and poor physical and mental health but there is little evidence available about the health consequences experienced by trafficked children, men or ...
Health
May 29, 2012 |
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Tamiflu: Full reports from trials should be public; regulators respond to recommendations
The full clinical study reports of drugs that have been authorized for use in patients should be made publicly available in order to allow independent re-analysis of the benefits and risks of such drugs, according to leading ...
Medications
Apr 10, 2012 |
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New research investigates how the common 'cat parasite' gets into the brain
A new study demonstrates for the first time how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite enters the brain to influence its host's behavior. This research was led by researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Swe ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Smoking ban in Scotland linked to dramatic fall in preterm deliveries
The introduction of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Scotland is linked with significant falls in preterm delivery and small for dates (gestational age) infants according to a study led by Jill Pell from ...
Health
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Hearing positive verbs can induce unconscious physical response
Hearing a verb related to physical action automatically increases the force with which people grip objects, but has no effect on their physical reaction if the word is presented in the negative form, according to research ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Community and health system approaches improves mental health in Afghanistan
"Treatment of mental disorders within the health care system needs to be accompanied by a community-based approach that focuses on psychosocial problems," say the authors of a case study from Afghanistan published in this ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2012 |
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Fish show autism-like gene expression in water with psychoactive pharmaceuticals
Psychoactive medications in water affect the gene expression profiles of fathead minnows in a way that mimics the gene expression patterns associated with autism spectrum disorder in genetically susceptible humans, according ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Remixed brain waves reveal soundtrack of the human brain
Scientists have combined and translated two kinds of brain wave recordings into music, transforming one recording (EEG) to create the pitch and duration of a note, and the other (fMRI) to control the intensity of the music. ...
Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2012 |
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