Archive: 25/08/2015

Holocaust survivors pass on trauma to their children's genes

An international team lead by Rachel Yehuda, professor at Mount Sinai hospital in New York, and for the molecular analyses Elisabeth Binder, director at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, studied the genes ...

Aug 25, 2015

Using continuing professional development for quality patient care

Research completed by the England Centre for Practice Development on the impact Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has on raising the standard of patient care has been presented to Health Education England.

Aug 25, 2015

Is incense bad for your health?

The burning of incense might need to come with a health warning. This follows the first study evaluating the health risks associated with its indoor use. The effects of incense and cigarette smoke were also compared, and ...

Aug 25, 2015

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Obesity drug may be on the horizon after study pinpoints genetic mechanism

Nearly half of all Europeans are genetically predisposed to obesity. The condition is a worldwide epidemic affecting more than half a billion people and rising every year in most countries.

Aug 25, 2015

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New research finds a way to reverse children's racial stereotyping

New research by a University of Delaware psychological scientist and his collaborators across the globe has found a simple exercise that can undo the unconscious racial biases that young children have—biases that may begin ...

Aug 25, 2015

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Gut feeling restored by growth outside the body

University of Manchester scientists have bridged a gap between two separate pieces of small intestine kept alive outside the body, in an advance which could have implications for surgery in human adults and babies.

Aug 25, 2015

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Researcher discusses neuroscience history and new hope for autistic people

To mark the publication of the book NeuroTribes (Aug 25, 2015; Avery/Penguin Random House) by Steve Silberman, whose blog of the same name has been hosted on the PLOS BLOGS Network since 2010, we invited independent science ...

Aug 25, 2015

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E-health vital in battle against heart disease say European cardiology leaders

E-health is vital to winning the battle against heart disease, European cardiology leaders said today in a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) position paper published in European Heart Journal. The novel paper outlines ...

Aug 25, 2015

Researchers track racers fighting sleep deprivation

QUT researchers are monitoring the sleep deprivation of some of the world's best endurance athletes as they race non-stop for up to 10 days, fighting off the "sleep monsters".

Aug 25, 2015

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Measuring macular pigment offers potential as a biomarker of cognitive health

Ongoing European Research Council-funded research at Waterford Institute of Technology's (WIT) Macular Pigment Research Group (MPRG) is investigating the potential link between cognitive function and levels of a vital eye ...

Aug 25, 2015

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Archive: 25/08/2015

Holocaust survivors pass on trauma to their children's genes

Using continuing professional development for quality patient care

Is incense bad for your health?

Obesity drug may be on the horizon after study pinpoints genetic mechanism

New research finds a way to reverse children's racial stereotyping

Gut feeling restored by growth outside the body

Researcher discusses neuroscience history and new hope for autistic people

E-health vital in battle against heart disease say European cardiology leaders

Researchers track racers fighting sleep deprivation

Measuring macular pigment offers potential as a biomarker of cognitive health

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