Health
Changing attitudes about sex
Acceptance of premarital sex is at an all-time high along with an acceptance of homosexuality, find researchers led by Jean M. Twenge from San Diego State University.
May 5, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Using dengue virus as test case, biologists develop method for discovering drugs that interrupt viral proliferation
A team of biologists from San Diego State University has developed a platform for identifying drugs that could prove to be effective against a variety of viral diseases. In a pair of recent articles in the Journal of Biomolecular ...
Apr 14, 2015
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Autism spectrum disorders
In children with autism, sensorimotor regions of the brain become overconnected
In early childhood, the neurons inside children's developing brains form connections between various regions of brain "real estate." As described in a paper published last week in the journal Biological Psychiatry, cognitive ...
Apr 8, 2015
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Cardiology
You are when you eat: Limiting flies to specific eating hours protected their hearts against aging
If you're looking to improve your heart health by changing your diet, when you eat may be just as important as what you eat. In a new study published today in Science, researchers at San Diego State University and the Salk ...
Mar 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virologist hunts cryptic virus that may be responsible for a society-shattering disease in Central Africa
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, they call it "epupuluga": a cluster of symptoms that affects children between the ages of 5 and 15. The children slip into epileptic seizures for several minutes, and then come out of ...
Feb 5, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression increasing across the country
A study by San Diego State University psychology professor Jean M. Twenge shows Americans are more depressed now than they have been in decades.
Sep 30, 2014
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Autism spectrum disorders
Are three brain imaging techniques better than one?
(Medical Xpress)—Many recent imaging studies have shown that in children with autism, different parts of the brain do not connect with each other in typical ways. Initially, most researchers thought that the autistic brain ...
Aug 22, 2014
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Medical research
Newly discovered gut virus lives in half the world's population
Odds are, there's a virus living inside your gut that has gone undetected by scientists for decades. A new study led by researchers at San Diego State University has found that more than half the world's population is host ...
Jul 24, 2014
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Medical research
Finding real value in big data for public health
Media reports of public health breakthroughs made possible by big data have been largely oversold, according to a new study, published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Jul 2, 2014
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Health
New research shows people are thinking about their health early in the week
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine analyzing weekly patterns in health-related Google searches reveals a recurring pattern that could be leveraged to improve public health strategies.
Apr 18, 2014
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