Archive: 04/12/2015

The science of aging

(Medical Xpress)—As the year comes to a close so too do thoughts of time itself and for some that can lead to musing about our own mortality—for others it might mean worrying about how much time they have left with a ...

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Brain activity reveals how detecting violations of social norms varies between cultures

(Medical Xpress)—Social norms are a fundamental characteristic of human behavior, and they vary across cultures in interesting ways. It's even been suggested that the development of social norms and the punishment of norm ...

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Reflections on the WHO initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases

Arie Havelaar and Rob Lake, authors of the World Health Organization Report and PLOS Collection "WHO Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases," reflect on an almost decade-long project to calculate and highlight ...

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Discovery contributes to future treatment of cervical cancer

A team of scientists from Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has uncovered new molecular interactions involved in the development of cervical cancer. Proteins ...

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Suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in openness to mystical experiences

New research suggests that suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in openness to mystical experiences.

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My genes made me do it—the problem of genetic evidence and diminished culpability

There have been recent high-profile claims suggesting genetics and neuroscience are set to radically change the way we think about crime and punishment. Author Sam Harris, for example, argues that recent discoveries in neuroscience ...

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Signaling pathway suppresses brain tumors

Researchers at the University of Basel took a close look at a signaling pathway present in most organisms and found that it suppresses the formation of specific types of brain tumor. Their results have been published by the ...

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Teaching parents about the importance of breakfast has benefits for both parent and child

A unique benefit of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the inclusion of nutrition education. In a new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers ...

Dec 4, 2015

Study identifies key protein that contributes to colitis

The cause of Ulcerative Colitis, a debilitating disease of the intestine, is unclear. A Yale-led study has illuminated the role of a protein that plays a key part in the development of the condition. The research, published ...

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High blood pressure actually drives us insane in the membrane

When they does not cause death, strokes are the second leading cause of dementia in the Western world. Here in Canada, strokes strike 50,000 people aged 60 and over each year, according to Statistics Canada. That's one person ...

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