Archive: 12/07/2016
Unexpected results from international phase III prostate cancer study
A recently published international clinical Phase III trial of a promising drug for treating advanced prostate cancer ended with surprising results: The new therapeutic agent failed to achieve any significant improvement ...
Jul 12, 2016
Western-style diet linked to state-dependent memory inhibition
Obesity may ultimately be a disease of the brain, involving a progressive deterioration of various cognitive processes that influence eating. Researchers at Macquarie University have now shown that memory inhibition - the ...
Jul 12, 2016
Research finds social influence can prompt healthier eating choices
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that exposure to social-based messages promoting healthy eating can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduce consumption of high-calorie snacks. It has ...
Jul 12, 2016
Studies find that manipulating gut microbes may reverse the negative effect of a high fat
Did you know that your gut sends neural messages to the brain to tell it when it is full? Researchers at the University of Georgia, Binghamton University, and Pennsylvania State University have now found that chronic consumption ...
Jul 12, 2016
Study examines oxytocin's role in binge eating
A study by York University researcher Caroline Davis and her colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the first to demonstrate that variants of the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) gene contribute to why ...
Jul 12, 2016