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Meditation produces enduring changes in emotional processing in the brain, study shows

A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating. In their report in the ...

Neuroscience created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (24) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The compound in the Mediterranean diet that makes cancer cells 'mortal'

New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer ...

Cancer created May 20, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dreaming takes the sting out of painful memories: study

They say time heals all wounds, and new research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that time spent in dream sleep can help.

Medical research created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social stress affects immune system gene expression in monkeys

The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Switch in cell's 'power plant' declines with age, rejuvenated by drug

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found a protein normally involved in blood pressure regulation in a surprising place: tucked within the little "power plants" of cells, the mitochondria. ...

Medical research created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New study shows that even your fat cells need sleep

In a study that challenges the long-held notion that the primary function of sleep is to give rest to the brain, researchers have found that not getting enough shut-eye has a harmful impact on fat cells, reducing by 30 percent ...

Medical research created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tweaking a gene makes muscles twice as strong

A team of researchers at EPFL, the University of Lausanne and the Salk Institute created super strong, marathon mice and nematodes by reducing the function of a natural inhibitor, suggesting treatments for ...

Genetics created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Blocking natural, marijuana-like chemical in the brain boosts fat burning

Stop exercising, eat as much as you want ... and still lose weight? It sounds impossible, but UC Irvine and Italian researchers have found that by blocking a natural, marijuana-like chemical regulating energy metabolism, ...

Medical research created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Mechanisms regulating inflammation associated with type 2 diabetes, cancer identified

A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has identified epigenetic mechanisms that connect a variety of diseases associated with inflammation. Utilizing molecular analyses of gene expression ...

Immunology created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic master controls expose cancers' Achilles' heel

In a surprising finding that helps explain fundamental behaviors of normal and diseased cells, Whitehead Institute scientists have discovered a set of powerful gene regulators dubbed "super-enhancers" that control cell state ...

Cancer created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover 'fickle' DNA changes in brain

Johns Hopkins scientists investigating chemical modifications across the genomes of adult mice have discovered that DNA modifications in non-dividing brain cells, thought to be inherently stable, instead underwent large-scale ...

Neuroscience created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fructose and sugar substitutes alter gut microbiota

(HealthDay)—High consumption of fructose, artificial sweeteners, and sugar alcohols affect host-gastrointestinal microbe interactions and may contribute to the development of metabolic disorders and obesity, ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Brain imaging reveals reduced brain connections in people with generalized anxiety disorder

(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery of nitric oxide delivery mechanism may point to new avenue for treating high blood pressure

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed new light on blood pressure regulation with the discovery of an unexpected mechanism by which hemoglobin controls the delivery of nitric ...

Medical research created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blood vessels 'sniff' gut microbes to regulate blood pressure

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and Yale University have discovered that a specialized receptor, normally found in the nose, is also in blood vessels throughout the body, sensing small molecules ...

Medical research created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast