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The Goldilocks effect: Babies learn from experiences that are 'just right'

Long before babies understand the story of Goldilocks, they have more than mastered the fairy tale heroine's method of decision-making. Infants ignore information that is too simple or too complex, focusing instead on situations ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Women trying to have babies face different clock problem

A new Northwestern University study shows that the biological clock is not the only clock women trying to conceive should consider. The circadian clock needs attention, too.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease

Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs. The work appears in a recent edition ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study supports urate protection against Parkinson's disease, hints at novel mechanism

Use of the antioxidant urate to protect against the neurodegeneration caused by Parkinson's disease appears to rely on more than urate's ability to protect against oxidative damage. In the May issue of the open-access journal ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered breast milk antibodies help neutralize HIV

Antibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi, ...

HIV & AIDS created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain

(Medical Xpress) -- Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered ...

Neuroscience created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Clergy can fight HIV on faith-friendly terms

The public health community has long struggled with how best to reduce HIV infection rates among black Americans, which is seven times that of whites. In a new paper in the journal PLoS ONE, a team of phy ...

HIV & AIDS created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Last resort' antibiotics increasingly used to fight multidrug-resistant bugs

Multidrug-resistant pathogens are becoming more frequent, and the few "last resort" treatments available for infections with these bacteria have also shown an increase in use in recent years, according to a study published ...

Medications created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Gaydar' automatic and more accurate for women's faces, psychologists find

After seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others' sexual orientation. Their "gaydar" persisted even when they saw the photos upside-down, and gay ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How blind can 'read' shown in new research

A method developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for training blind persons to "see" through the use of a sensory substitution device (SSD) has enabled those using the system to actually "read" an ...

Medical research created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study IDs gene variants that speed progression of Parkinson's disease

UCLA researchers may have found a key to determining which Parkinson's disease patients will experience a more rapid decline in motor function, sparking hopes for the development of new therapies and helping identify those ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Malaria discoveries could pave way for new therapies

(Medical Xpress) -- Half the world's population is at risk for contracting malaria. The deadly disease, spread by hungry mosquitoes that bite humans for their blood meals, affects more than 200 million people ...

Medical research created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria study of male adolescents reveals new insights into urinary tract health

(Medical Xpress) -- The first study using cultivation independent sequencing of the microorganisms in the adolescent male urinary tract has revealed that the composition of microbial communities colonizing ...

Pediatrics created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Looks matter more than reputation when it comes to trusting people with our money

(Medical Xpress) -- Our decisions to trust people with our money are based more on how they look then how they behave, according to new research from the University of Warwick.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery may lead to targeted heart disease treatments

University of Guelph researchers have found the location and effect of abnormal heart proteins that can cause cardiac failure, a discovery that points to potential new ways to treat the most costly health problem in the world.

Cardiology created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PLoS ONE

PLoS ONE is an open access, "online only", scientific journal from the Public Library of Science. It covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. Submissions go through pre-publication peer review but are not excluded on the basis of lack of perceived importance or adherence to a scientific field. The PLoS ONE online platform has post-publication user discussion and rating features. PLoS ONE articles are indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Scopus, Google Scholar, the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), RefAware, EMBASE, AGRICOLA, Zoological Records and Web of Knowledge.

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