Genetics
Coffee or beer? The choice could affect your genome
Coffee and beer are polar opposites in the beverage world. Coffee picks you up, and beer winds you down.
Dec 5, 2013
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News tagged with environmental stressors
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sleep deprivation increases serotonin 2a receptor response in brain
The serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor is widely distributed in the brain and plays a critical role in perception, cognition and psychosis. It is also responsible for the psychedelic effects of drugs, such as psilocybin (hallucinogenic ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Healthy development thanks to older siblings
During the first years of their lives, children develop the cognitive, social and emotional skills that will provide the foundations for their lifelong health and achievements. However, exposure to environmental stressors ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Immunology
Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan
A shorter life may be the price an organism pays for coping with the natural assaults of daily living, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues in Japan. The scientists used fruit ...
Dec 20, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find connection between heart rate and peer victimization
Penn State Scranton assistant professors of psychology Karin Machluf and P. Douglas Sellers II, along with their colleague, Christopher Aults from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, have found in a study that heart rate reactivity ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Cardiology
The exposome concept: How an unhealthy environment causes cardiovascular disease
Environmental stressors such as air pollution, noise, unhealthy urban planning, and climate change increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, as do traditional risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy diet, and physical ...
May 12, 2023
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Health
Structural racism drives higher COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana, study finds
Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities associated with institutional and societal discrimination, according to ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Health
Carbon monoxide -- the silent calmer?
According to scientists, carbon monoxide (CO), a tasteless, colorless and odorless gas, is not only a danger to the environment but also highly toxic to human beings. Found in the exhaust of vehicles and generators, CO has ...
Nov 8, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Precancer markers identified in airway epithelium cells of healthy smokers
Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive ...
Jan 11, 2012
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Neuroscience
Excess transcription factor Heat Shock Factor 1 can delay embryonic neural migration
Transcription factor Heat Shock Factor 1 (Hsf1), which the developing brain releases to shield the vital organ from the ravages of environmental stress, actually can contribute to impairing the embryonic brain when too much ...
May 2, 2017
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