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Sugar makes you stupid: Study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory
Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.
Health
May 15, 2012 |
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Scientists measure communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons and muscle cells
In an effort to identify the underlying causes of neurological disorders that impair motor functions such as walking and breathing, UCLA researchers have developed a novel system to measure the communication between stem ...
Neuroscience
May 05, 2012 |
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Game on! Researchers use online crowd-sourcing to diagnose malaria
Online crowd-sourcing — in which a task is presented to the public, who respond, for free, with various solutions and suggestions — has been used to evaluate potential consumer products, develop ...
Pediatrics
May 03, 2012 |
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Why underweight babies become obese: Study says disrupted hypothalamus is to blame
It seems improbable that a baby born underweight would be prone to obesity, but it is well documented that these children tend to put on weight in youth if they're allowed free access to calories. Now, researchers believe ...
Pediatrics
May 02, 2012 |
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Engineers put the squeeze on cells to diagnose disease
(Medical Xpress) -- If you throw a rubber balloon filled with water against a wall, it will spread out and deform on impact, while the same balloon filled with honey, which is more viscous, will deform much ...
Medical research
May 01, 2012 |
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Devastating disease provides insight into development and death of motor neurons
Researchers at UCLA have been searching for the cause of a rare disease that virtually no one has ever heard: PCH1, or pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1, which attacks the brain and the spine.
Genetics
Apr 30, 2012 |
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'Hybrid' surgery saves UCLA patient from softball-sized aneurysm
Patricia Crawford had literally been tinged blue all her life because her heart couldn’t pump enough oxygenated blood through her body. And that was the least of her worries.
Surgery
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Parkinson's disease stopped in animal model
(Medical Xpress) -- Millions of people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and worsens over time. As the world's population ages, it's estimated that the number of people ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Study shows significant state-by-state differences in black, white life expectancy
(Medical Xpress) -- A UCLA-led group of researchers tracing disparities in life expectancy between blacks and whites in the U.S. has found that white males live about seven years longer on average than African American men ...
Health
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts survival odds
(Medical Xpress) -- A UCLA-led study has found that a combination of several key guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure treatment resulted in an improvment of up to 90 percent in the odds of survival over two years.
Cardiology
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Scientists report link between traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder
(Medical Xpress) -- UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have provided the first evidence of a causal link between traumatic brain injury and an increased susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2012 |
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UCLA docs guide mom with heart condition through birth, operate on newborn
Keyota Cole was born with a bad heart. The 33-year-old from of Bakersfield, Calif., suffers from a congenital heart disease called Ebstein's malformation of the tricuspid valve, and from abnormal pulmonary veins. She ...
Cardiology
Feb 14, 2012 |
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UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic consumer products
(Medical Xpress) -- More than 2,000 chemicals are used in consumer or commercial products such as toys, clothing and electronics; many are now also in the bodies of men, women and children.
Health
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Vision improves modestly in patients after human embryonic stem cells transplants
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute and colleagues who successfully transplanted specialized retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells into the eyes of two legally ...
Medical research
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Diet counts: Iron intake in teen years can impact brain in later life
(Medical Xpress) -- Iron is a popular topic in health news. Doctors prescribe it for medical reasons, and it's available over the counter as a dietary supplement. And while it's known that too little iron can result in cognitive ...
Medical research
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