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ASH: People with hypertension prefer higher salt taste

(HealthDay)—People with hypertension have a taste for more salt in their food than do individuals with normotension, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, ...

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smartphone app helps fight obesity, study says

Using a simple smartphone application to photograph one's meals is a useful slimming aid for the overweight, according to an experiment reported on Sunday.

Overweight and Obesity created May 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies show women find men more attractive if they hold a guitar

(Medical Xpress)—Two independent studies have found that women find men more attractive if they are holding a guitar. The first one, conducted by researchers in France was based on a young man asking strangers ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 08, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Can you guess what happened last?

(Medical Xpress)—We can often predict what people are going to do. But is it possible to guess what it was that made them do it? Guessing what provoked a reaction by simply observing a brief sample of behaviour ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Interactions between drugs can also be measured at lowest doses

Clinical pharmacologists at Heidelberg University Hospital have achieved major progress for improving the reliability of drugs. In a pharmacological study, they showed for the first time that interactions between drugs can ...

Medications created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neuroscientists create phantom sensations in non-amputees

The sensation of having a physical body is not as self-evident as one might think. Almost everyone who has had an arm or leg amputated experiences a phantom limb: a vivid sensation that the missing limb is still present. ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New metabolite-based diagnostic test could help detect pancreatic cancer early

A new diagnostic test that uses a scientific technique known as metabolomic analysis may be a safe and easy screening method that could improve the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer through earlier detection.

Cancer created Mar 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Prevent death' message more effective than 'save life' in blood donation campaigns

Subtle changes in messaging can have a profound impact on the effectiveness of charitable messages such as calls for blood donations, according to research published March 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Eileen Chou f ...

Other created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds children better at converting implicit into explicit knowledge after sleep

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have found that children are able to do a better job of converting implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge after getting a night's sleep, than ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Researchers find clues to how the brain decides when to rest

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers in France has found what they call a "signal" that tells a person when to rest while engaging in work, and then when to resume once rested. The team, as they describe ...

Neuroscience created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Hoarders lack decision-making capacity, study finds

Compulsive hoarders struggle to throw out their many possessions because their brains lack flexibility, new research suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New evidence for epigenetic effects of diet on healthy aging

New research in human volunteers has shown that molecular changes to our genes, known as epigenetic marks, are driven mainly by ageing but are also affected by what we eat.

Genetics created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hearing positive verbs can induce unconscious physical response

Hearing a verb related to physical action automatically increases the force with which people grip objects, but has no effect on their physical reaction if the word is presented in the negative form, according to research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart-warming memories: Nostalgia can make you feel warmer, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—As the nights draw in and the temperature begins to drop, many of us will be thinking of ways to warm up on the dark winter nights. However, few would think that remembering days gone by ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

G.Bissau warns AIDS patients without treatment since coup

HIV-positive people in Guinea Bissau have been without access to treatment since the Global Fund to fight AIDS suspended funding over an April military coup, the west African nation's AIDS boss said Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0