Of enzymes and aging: Tryptophan metabolism plays key role in aging and age-related neurological diseases
(Medical Xpress)—In the battle against aging and age-related neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, a key factor has long appeared to be the toxicity of proteins which tend to aggregate. ...
Medical research
Oct 05, 2012 |
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Diet, parental behavior, and preschool can boost children's IQ
Supplementing children's diets with fish oil, enrolling them in quality preschool, and engaging them in interactive reading all turn out to be effective ways to raise a young child's intelligence, according to a new report ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2013 |
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Socially isolated rats are more vulnerable to addiction, report researchers
Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, found researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Amphetamine addiction ...
Neuroscience
Jan 23, 2013 |
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Sharp decrease in deaths from sudden cardiac arrest
Only a few decades ago, sudden cardiac arrest was a death sentence. Today, a victim of sudden cardiac arrest is saved roughly once every six hours in Sweden, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...
Cardiology
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Chronic exposure to dim light may raise depression risk
Two years ago, Randy Nelson, Ph.D., chair of neuroscience at Ohio State University, doctoral student Tracy Bedrosian, and colleagues reported that dim-light exposure at night was capable of triggering depressive-like ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Amputations among people with diabetes can be reduced by 50%, study finds
Every 30 seconds somebody in the world is amputated as a consequence of foot complication due to diabetes. A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, confirmes that shoe inserts, podiatry, regular ...
Diabetes
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Molecular link between diabetes and cancer described
Developing type 2 diabetes is a lengthy process. An early sign that it has begun is high levels of insulin in the blood. As long as the insulin-producing beta cells are able to compensate for the increased demand, for example ...
Medical research
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Biomedical informatics student creates device for Parkinson's disease
Utilizing technology within smartphones and tablets for patient advantage, Di Pan, a doctoral student at ASU’s Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI), has created a state of the art device to measure ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Young people of multiple disadvantaged groups face worse health due to more discrimination
An Indiana University study found that teens and young adults who are members of multiple minority or disadvantaged groups face more discrimination than their more privileged peers and, as a result, report worse mental and ...
Health
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Student researches social media usage in healthcare reform
Forest Institute doctoral student Gage Stermensky II recently conducted a study on consumer attitudes towards healthcare reform and the use of social media. More than 1,000 participants from around the US, of various ages, ...
Health
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Hey, I'm over here: Men and women see things differently
USC researchers show that men and women focus on different things when paying attention and are drawn away by different types of distractions.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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A genetic defect in sex cells may predispose to childhood leukemia
Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and the University of Montreal have found a possible heredity mechanism that predisposes children to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most ...
Genetics
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Researcher: Hypnosis should be offered to patients with IBS
Hypnotherapy helps fight IBS symptoms. These are the findings of a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden which proposes implementing this treatment method into the care of severe sufferers of this ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 18, 2012 |
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People seek high-calorie foods in tough times
Bad news about the economy could cause you to pack on the pounds, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 22, 2013 |
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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
Apr 03, 2013 |
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