Archive: 13/03/2018

Menus with vegetarian sections can lead customers to eat more meat

Separating vegetarian dishes on a menu can, in fact, reduce the proportion of people who choose a vegetarian option.

Mar 13, 2018

How 'before and after' photographs promote unattainable body ideals

When Weight Watchers announced it would no longer be using "before and after" photographs it was met with mixed reactions. Some dieters who had successfully lost weight – and therefore had before and after photos they were ...

Mar 13, 2018

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Anti-vaxxer effect on vaccination rates is exaggerated

People who oppose vaccination – the so-called "anti-vaxxers" – are often thought to be the reason for low vaccination rates. The truth is, anti-vaxxers don't wholly explain low vaccination rates. The influence of the ...

Mar 13, 2018

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Why is ADHD more common in boys than girls?

About one in 20 children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at some point during their school life. Interestingly, for every girl diagnosed, there are between three and seven boys who receive ...

Mar 13, 2018

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New biomarkers for neuroblastoma, a type of cancer in children

Two new biomarkers for a type of cancer in children called neuroblastoma have been identified in a study published in the journal Cancer Cell. The findings are expected to have immediate significance for disease prognosis, ...

Mar 13, 2018

Helpful B cells lend a hand to developing neurons

Neuron myelination is critical to early mental development, and defects in myelination have been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. Researchers at Osaka University found that B immune cells reside in the brains of developing ...

Mar 13, 2018

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Pedometer health boost lasts four years

Wearing a pedometer to count your daily steps can keep you healthier and more active for as long as four years after using it, a new study shows.

Mar 13, 2018

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Mending broken hearts with cardiomyocyte molds

2.5 billion. That's approximately the number of times the human heart beats in 70 years. And sometimes during the course of its unrelenting contractions and relaxations, the heart muscle can no longer bear the strain.

Mar 13, 2018

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Language impairment affects school performance

Language impairment is one of the most common childhood disorders that you've never heard of. It affects seven out of every 100 U.S. children, delaying mastery of language skills in children.

Mar 13, 2018

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Treating liver failure with stem cell-derived liver cells in the future

A research collaboration between A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMCB), and the Stanford University School of Medicine, has discovered methods to efficiently generate ...

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