Archive: 04/04/2016

How mind-controlling parasites can get inside your head

Imagine that pesky tabby cat has been pooing in your backyard again. Unbeknown to you, it has transferred some of the parasite spores it was carrying onto your herb garden. Unintentionally, while preparing a tasty salad, ...

Apr 4, 2016

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Subconcussions cause changes to brain, study of college football players shows

The average college football player receives about 1,000 head impacts each season. Some of these hits result in concussions – traumatic head injury that results in short-term, and possibly even long-term, damage to brain ...

Apr 4, 2016

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Pharmacologist's apparatus models how drugs move through the body

Andrew Holt looks at ADAM with great affection and pride in his eyes. In return, ADAM, standing in a corner, stares back with a great loopy grin, seemingly pleased with how far he's come in just a short time.

Apr 4, 2016

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Bone density in kids on ADHD stimulants should be monitored

Stimulants commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children are associated with low bone density, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The finding suggests that ...

Apr 4, 2016

Public missing out on a night's worth of sleep every week

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has warned that the UK public is under-sleeping by an average of almost an hour every night – which amounts to losing an entire night's sleep over the course of a week. The report ...

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Psychotic disorders in minority groups: the high price of being an 'outsider'

Immigrant groups experience a high incidence of mental illness. Hannah Jongsma (Department of Psychiatry) is looking at data from an international study of the distribution of psychotic disorders. She suggests that 'psychosocial ...

Apr 4, 2016

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Australia making no progress to prevent obesity, alcohol harm

Australia's investment in life-saving health promotion programs now lags well behind many other comparable Western countries, public health experts say.

Apr 4, 2016

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Researcher advances PET imaging technology to improve response to cancer treatment

A promising new discovery by UCLA scientists could lead to a new method of identifying cancer patients that express high levels of an enzyme and are more likely to respond to cancer treatments.

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Genetics reveals the impact of lifestyle on evolution

Scientists have long thought that the rate with which mutations occur in the genome does not depend on cultural factors. The results of a current study suggest this may not be the case. A team of researchers from France and ...

Apr 4, 2016

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The search for early markers of Alzheimer's Disease

This eloquent quote by V.S. Ramachandran expresses the feelings of many of the people around the world who are celebrated Brain Awareness Week (#BAW2016), which occurs annually in March. This global campaign strives to inform ...

Apr 4, 2016

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