http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—As obesity rates continue to rise, experts are searching for answers in the clinic and at the lab bench to determine the types and amounts of food that people should eat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-worm-clues-obesity.html Medical research Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:35:08 EST news279527698 Overweight and obese individuals can achieve a decade's worth of important health benefits by losing just 20 pounds, even if they regain the weight later that decade, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention. With a focus on psychology's role in overcoming the national obesity epidemic, the session also examined research that indicates foods high in sugar and fat could have addictive properties. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-modest-weight-loss-health-benefits.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:44:52 EST news263148286 A hallmark of human intelligence is the ability to efficiently adapt to uncertain, changing and open-ended environments. In such environments, efficient adaptive behavior often requires considering multiple alternative behavioral strategies, adjusting them, and possibly inventing new ones. These reasoning, learning and creative abilities involve the frontal lobes, which are especially well developed in humans compared to other primates. However, how the frontal function decides to create new strategies and how multiple strategies can be monitored concurrently remain largely unknown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-creativity-human-decision-making.html Neuroscience Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:00:05 EST news252083355