Health
Healthy eating over the holidays
Between bountiful buffets and "food-pushing relatives," the winter holidays hold landmines for those trying to eat healthy.
Dec 19, 2019
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Medical research
Taste-related protein provides target for drugs to treat neurological disorders
Understanding how the brain processes sweet, bitter and umami tastes may one day help researchers design more effective drugs for neurological disorders.
Dec 2, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does the brain trick you into thinking food tastes better on Thanksgiving? It's complicated.
Turkey that's often bland and accompanied with cranberry sauce from a can? Stuffing yourself with food until you're set to burst? Those are two of the most common hallmarks of Thanksgiving, which most Americans around the ...
Nov 26, 2019
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Cardiology
Sensitivity to bitter tastes may be why some people eat fewer vegetables
A specific gene makes certain compounds taste bitter, which may make it harder for some people to add heart-healthy vegetables to their diet, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
How sweet it isn't: Diminished taste function affects cancer patients' food intake
The simple pleasure of tasting and savoring food is "an important part of anyone's daily life," says University of Massachusetts Amherst sensory scientist Alissa Nolden.
Nov 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists unpack how taste neurons control food intake
Using the common fruit fly as a model, a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, studied how taste neurons control feeding behaviors and found that flies genetically modified to have only ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Medical research
How hunger makes food tastier: a neural circuit in the hypothalamus
Why does everything taste better when we're hungry? According to new findings from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, not only does food taste sweeter when our stomachs are rumbling, but bitter food ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Immunology
Drugs for better long-term treatment of poorly controlled asthma discovered
The waning effectiveness of drugs over time continues to be a major challenge in treating diseases, including asthma.
Oct 11, 2019
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Health
Foods that will make you feel full faster
(HealthDay)—When you get the urge for a snack, you might not think that a slice of turkey can have the same lip-smacking effect as a handful of chips. But scientists have known for some time that protein is the most efficient ...
Sep 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers hone in on the elusive receptor for sour taste
Sour is the taste of summer, a taste that evokes lemonade stands and vine-ripe tomatoes. Among the five basic tastes—the others being bitter, sweet, salty and umami—it is arguably the most subtle. In small amounts, it ...
Sep 19, 2019
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