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In autism, age at diagnosis depends on specific symptoms

The age at which a child with autism is diagnosed is related to the particular suite of behavioral symptoms he or she exhibits, new research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows.

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Producing new neurones under all circumstances: A challenge that is just a mouse away

Improving neurone production in elderly persons presenting with a decline in cognition is a major challenge facing an ageing society and the emergence of neuro-degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. INSERM and ...

Medical research created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Majority of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana

(HealthDay)—A majority of Americans (52 percent) now favor legalizing marijuana, and 72 percent feel that the government efforts to enforce marijuana laws are not worth their cost, according to research ...

Health created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pre-pregnancy body fat, in-pregnancy weight gain, gestational diabetes combine to increase risk of high birthweight

A new study shows that a woman's pre-pregnancy body fat (adiposity), in-pregnancy weight gain, and presence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can all combine to steeply increase the risk of giving birth to large-for-gestational ...

Diabetes created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thinking you're old and frail

Older adults who categorise themselves as old and frail encourage attitudinal and behavioural confirmation of that identity.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protecting against aging at the molecular level

Research from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute sheds new light on a gene called ATRX and its function in the brain and pituitary. Children born with ATRX syndrome have cognitive defects and developmental ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For older women, missed mammograms tied to worse breast cancer outcomes

(HealthDay)—Older women diagnosed with breast cancer years after their last mammogram, and those who never had a mammogram, have an increased risk of dying from their cancer, a new study suggests.

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motor skills research nets good news for middle-aged

People in their 20s don't have much on their middle-aged counterparts when it comes to some fine motor movements, researchers from UT Arlington have found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IU and Regenstrief conducting nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial

Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Body representation differs in children and adults, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from that of adults, indicating that our sense of physical self develops over time, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a jour ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alkaptonuria: New hope for treatment of rare genetic disease

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that a drug treatment administered at the earliest signs of a rare genetic disease could prevent the condition from developing in later ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Baldness linked to increased risk of coronary heart disease

Male pattern baldness is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, but only if it's on the top/crown of the head, rather than at the front, finds an analysis of published evidence in the online journal BMJ Op ...

Cardiology created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop new system to study trigger of cell death in nervous system

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new model system to study a receptor protein that controls cell death in both humans and fruit flies, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding ...

Medical research created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ophthalmologists urge early diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) continues to be the leading cause of visual impairment in the United States for people over age 65, according to a study recently published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the ...

Ophthalmology created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early poor mental health link to early puberty

(Medical Xpress)—Children who have an earlier onset of puberty have poorer mental health from as early as preschool age, a new study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast