Archive: 03/01/2020

The best way to ditch bad habits: What science can teach us

It's a new year and many people are in the mood for making a fresh start. And that often means giving something up (cigarettes, alcohol, junk food). Unfortunately, the odds of sticking with new year resolutions are not good. ...

Jan 3, 2020

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Why bipolar disorder is becoming more 'desirable' than other mental illnesses

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health condition. But in recent years it has become the one mental health diagnosis that patients are willing to accept. Research shows that to some people it has actually become "desirable" ...

Jan 3, 2020

How diet affects mental health: What's the evidence?

A new expert review confirms that diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, but cautions that the evidence for many diets is comparatively weak. This, the most up to date overview of the new field of Nutritional ...

Jan 3, 2020

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The importance of individualized models for understanding brain function

New research conducted by Professor Itamar Kahn, director of the Brain Systems Organization in Health and Disease Lab in the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists from France and the U.S., ...

Jan 3, 2020

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Global call to action on FH aims to improve diagnosis and treatment

The FH Foundation, World Heart Federation, and an international coalition join together to tackle the global burden of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a vastly under-recognized and poorly managed public health concern. ...

Jan 3, 2020

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Experiments show altruistic behaviors reduce pain

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that people who engage in altruistic behaviors feel less pain than they otherwise would. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...

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Using a machine learning algorithm with cancer methylation signatures to diagnose colorectal cancer

A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in China has used a machine-learning algorithm with cancer methylation signatures to diagnose colorectal cancer. In their paper published in the journal ...

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National response required for the psychological trauma of Australian bushfires

It is difficult to overestimate the emotional devastation and mental anguish caused by Australia's current bushfire crisis.

Jan 3, 2020

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'Baffling' scientific health claims on food unhelpful for shoppers

Parents say health claims on food are 'baffling' and use own knowledge of food to guide healthy purchases as industry leaders and consumers meet to discuss the need for a change in food labeling, specifically health claims.

Jan 3, 2020

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How perfectionism affects athletes' performance after competitive failure

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to ...

Jan 3, 2020

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