Archive: 15/09/2017

Immune system linked to alcohol drinking behaviour

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found a new link between the brain's immune system and the desire to drink alcohol in the evening.

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Is metabolically healthy obesity a worthwhile initial medical goal?

Worldwide, nearly one in three individuals is obese. As a consequence, increasing numbers of people suffer from diseases associated with morbid overweight, including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack or stroke. ...

Sep 15, 2017

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Chimera viruses can help the fight against lymphomas

Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that allows the study of molecules to treat cancers caused by human herpes virus infection in mice models of disease.

Sep 15, 2017

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Molecular link between Parkinson's disease and prion diseases

Parkinson's disease and prion diseases are very different as regards both origins and course. Nonetheless, a research group of SISSA, headed by Professor Giuseppe Legname, has discovered an unexpected and important link between ...

Sep 15, 2017

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The bilingual brain calculates arithmetic differently depending on the language

People can intuitively recognise small numbers up to four; however, when calculating, they depend on the assistance of language. This presents a fascinating research question: How do multilingual people solve arithmetical ...

Sep 15, 2017

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Obese inducing brain mechanism

Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that stimulates hypothalamic neurons to strongly inhibit food intake. Leptin signaling in the hypothalamus, a part of the mid-brain, thus plays a crucial role in the regulation of body ...

Sep 15, 2017

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A fifth of global deaths linked to diet: study

Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday.

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Five die as plague resurfaces in Madagascar

Pneumonic plague has killed five people in Madagascar since August, a top health official told AFP on Thursday, but stressed the situation was under control.

Sep 15, 2017

45 percent of parents experience depression, anxiety and stress when newborns leave NICU

Almost half of parents whose children were admitted to Children's National Health System's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experienced postpartum depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress when their newborns were discharged ...

Sep 15, 2017

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Pregnancy outcomes remain poor in mothers with childhood-onset T1D

New research presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal (11-15 Sept) shows that pregnancy outcomes remain poor in women with type 1 diabetes (T1D), despite ...

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