Archive: 28/06/2018

Make exercise a family affair. Your kids will thank you.

(HealthDay)—While recommendations call for adults to exercise for 30 minutes a day, kids need double that amount—yes, 60 minutes of physical play a day.

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High-protein formula increases the risk of excess body fat in children

Feeding infants with high-protein formula increases the risk of developing excess body fat by the age of 6. Moreover, in many such cases, Body Mass Index (BMI) does not reflect the true level of body fat, as LMU researchers ...

Jun 28, 2018

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Focus on just one sport risks burnout for teens

(HealthDay)—Student athletes who specialize in one sport year-round could lose out in academics and other fields, a new study finds.

Jun 28, 2018

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Researchers investigate non-obstructive heart attacks found more often in women

One in 10 heart attacks in younger patients aren't caused by blocked coronary arteries, but a new study found survivors have similar outcomes as those whose heart attack was triggered by the most common source – a blockage.

Jun 28, 2018

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First guidelines for applying placebo effect in clinical practice

It is becoming increasingly clear that the placebo effect has a great influence on medical treatment. An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers from Leiden ...

Jun 28, 2018

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Extreme stress in childhood is toxic to your DNA

The real danger of separating children from parents is not the psychological stress – it's the biological time bomb. The screaming and crying, the anguish and desolation is gut-wrenching. But the fallout pales in comparison ...

Jun 28, 2018

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New search tools open up access to medical information

The EU-funded KConnect project has developed innovative online medical search and analysis tools, enabling researchers to achieve clearer insights into the effectiveness of specific medical interventions and ultimately leading ...

Jun 28, 2018

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A molecule that can improve the efficiency of chemotherapy

A team of researchers from the CNRS and Université Nice Sophia Antipolis has just shown that a small molecule called methiothepin can inhibit the chemotherapy resistance of certain tumors. These results will be on the cover ...

Jun 28, 2018

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Who wants to live to 100?

While the ageing of society has become one of the givens in today's world, less is made of the lived experience of the very elderly in society. And although there is some suggestion that the much trumpeted steady expansion ...

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Can taking a hallucinogen curb cocaine use?

Unlike with alcohol or nicotine, there is not a pharmacological option available to individuals addicted to cocaine to help them stop using the drug. However, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham believe ...

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