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Monday, Feb 26

Live music emotionally moves us more than streamed music, show researchers

How does listening to live music affect the emotional center of our brain? A study carried out at the University of Zurich has found that live performances trigger a stronger emotional response than listening to music from ...

Feb 26, 2024

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Blindness from some inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, news study suggests

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher.

Feb 26, 2024

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First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior

In a study in Nature Human Behavior, scientists delve into the world of chemical neuromodulators in the human brain, specifically dopamine and serotonin, to reveal their role in social behavior.

Feb 26, 2024

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The intricate dance of time and touch: Insights from the somatosensory cortex

The passage of time is sensed, perceived, and experienced, but—unlike for touch, vision, hearing, and olfaction—there exist no sensory receptors for time. This fact has long tantalized neuroscientists with the possibility ...

Feb 26, 2024

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Research suggests natural compound could be promising new alternative treatment for colon cancer

A new study has discovered a naturally occurring compound found in fruit has the potential to be an effective alternative treatment for colon cancer. The disease, which affects the large intestine, remains a significant global ...

Feb 26, 2024

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Biodiversity of gut bacteria is associated with sexual behavior

The human body is colonized by a variety of different microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts and fungi. All these microbial co-inhabitants—known as the microbiome or microbiota—are important for our health: For example, ...

Feb 26, 2024

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Learning and memory problems in Down syndrome linked to alterations in genome's 'dark matter'

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have found that the Snhg11 gene is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus. Experiments with mice and human tissues revealed that the gene ...

Feb 26, 2024

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Tuesday, Feb 27

High-intensity exercise can reverse neurodegeneration in Parkinson's, study suggests

High-intensity exercise induces brain-protective effects that have the potential to not just slow down but possibly reverse the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson's disease, a new pilot study suggests.

Feb 27, 2024

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Study confirms benefits of auricular acupuncture to treat depression

Auricular acupuncture, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and offered as an integrative practice since 2006 by the SUS (Sistema Única de Saúde), Brazil's national health service, is safe for patients with ...

Feb 27, 2024

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Bile acid breakthrough: Researchers team up for microbiome discoveries

Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase "bile acids," and you might get a few unpleasant answers.

Feb 27, 2024

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Researchers uncover new clues about links between parent age and congenital disorders

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution finds that the link between paternal age and rare congenital disorders is more complex than scientists had previously thought.

Feb 27, 2024

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New study shows a role for cholesterol in pain perception

When you stub your toe or bump your head, you know that rubbing the injury can lessen the ouch. But how? New research from the lab of Scott B. Hansen, Ph.D., shows how physical pressure on cells can reduce pain signals, while ...

Feb 27, 2024

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Skin aging: A synergy between cigarette smoke and sunlight

Combined exposure of the skin to cigarette smoke and UV rays could lead to faster premature aging, according to a study by Université Laval and the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval.

Feb 27, 2024

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Study finds diabetes medicine behind false positive urine test

A doctor at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Philadelphia, found that a patient at the center had experienced a false positive urine test after taking empagliflozin, an SGLT2 ...

Feb 27, 2024 report

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Wednesday, Feb 28

How 40Hz sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer's mice

Studies at MIT and elsewhere are producing mounting evidence that light flickering and sound clicking at the gamma brain rhythm frequency of 40 Hz can reduce Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression and treat symptoms in human ...

Feb 28, 2024

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New approach may prevent deadly intestinal disease in preemies

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues found that an investigational protein replacement—recombinant human insulin-like growth ...

Feb 28, 2024

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Conflicting theories of consciousness may fit together after all

Professor Emeritus Johan Frederik Storm has led research forming the basis of a article that aims to uncover an alternative approach to the understanding of how human consciousness functions. It is currently available on ...

Feb 28, 2024

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A potential flaw in operating room ventilation may increase risk of COVID-19 infection

NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) engineers studying ventilation systems in surgical operating theaters have found that traditional ventilation systems may inadvertently facilitate the circulation of aerosolized pathogen-carrying particles. ...

Feb 28, 2024

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Scientists discover neurons help flush waste out of brain during sleep

There lies a paradox in sleep. Its apparent tranquility juxtaposes with the brain's bustling activity. The night is still, but the brain is far from dormant. During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that ...

Feb 28, 2024

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How early-stage cancer cells hide from the immune system

One of the immune system's primary roles is to detect and kill cells that have acquired cancerous mutations. However, some early-stage cancer cells manage to evade this surveillance and develop into more advanced tumors.

Feb 28, 2024

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Using 3D printing to make artificial eyeballs more quickly and accurately

A team of biomedical and ophthalmological researchers from several institutions in Europe, working with computer graphics specialists, has developed a technique for 3D printing artificial eyeballs that is faster, more accurate ...

Feb 28, 2024 report

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Thursday, Feb 29

COVID-19 may have small but lasting effects on cognition and memory

COVID-19 may have an impact on people's cognitive and memory abilities that lasts a year or more after infection, according to a new study by Imperial College London researchers.

Feb 29, 2024

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For children on the autism spectrum, having a service dog can lead to sleep improvements

Service dogs, originally trained to assist physically disabled individuals with guidance, physical tasks, and medical alerts, have more recently begun to provide psychiatric assistance to individuals with conditions such ...

Feb 29, 2024 feature

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How cognition changes before dementia hits

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment, especially of the "amnestic subtype" (aMCI), are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease relative to cognitively healthy older adults. Now, a study co-authored ...

Feb 29, 2024

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Scientists identify new 'regulatory' function of learning and memory gene common to all mammalian brain cells

Johns Hopkins Medicine neuroscientists say they have found a new function for the SYNGAP1 gene, a DNA sequence that controls memory and learning in mammals, including mice and humans.

Feb 29, 2024

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AI reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease

Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer that could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.

Feb 29, 2024

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Study: Mutations in hereditary Alzheimer's disease damage neurons without 'usual suspect' amyloid plaques

A University of Kansas study of rare gene mutations that cause hereditary Alzheimer's disease shows these mutations disrupt the production of a small sticky protein called amyloid.

Feb 29, 2024

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Danish study finds drug reduces 'forever chemicals' in blood

A medication for high cholesterol can drastically cut "forever chemicals" (PFAS)—associated with an increased risk of cancer and banned in Europe—in the blood, researchers said Thursday.

Feb 29, 2024

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Friday, Mar 01

Early vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition

Early language development is an important predictor of children's later language, reading and learning skills. Moreover, language learning difficulties are related to neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity ...

Mar 1, 2024

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Study identifies multi-organ response to seven days without food

New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting. The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond weight loss, but also show ...

Mar 1, 2024

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Study finds daily fiber supplement improves older adults' brain function in just 12 weeks

A daily fiber supplement improved brain function in people over 60 in just 12 weeks. The study, published recently in Nature Communications by researchers from the School of Life Course & Population Sciences showed that this ...

Mar 1, 2024

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An overgrowth of nerve cells appears to cause lingering symptoms after recurrent UTIs

A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared the bacteria.

Mar 1, 2024

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Large-scale study explores link between smoking and DNA changes across six racial and ethnic groups

Smoking changes the way genes are expressed, which later contributes to the development of lung cancer and other smoking-related illnesses. But the link between epigenetics (the study of mechanisms that impact gene expression) ...

Mar 1, 2024

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New microbiome insights could help boost immunotherapy for a range of rare cancers

The microbiome can identify those who benefit from combination immunotherapy across multiple different cancers, including rare gynecological cancers, biliary tract cancers and melanoma.

Mar 1, 2024

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A mental process that leads to putting off an unpleasant task

Putting off a burdensome task may seem like a universal trait, but new research suggests that people whose negative attitudes tend to dictate their behavior in a range of situations are more likely to delay tackling the task ...

Mar 1, 2024

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Saturday, Mar 02

Study unveils the role of a neural substrate in the lateral habenula in value-based decision-making

In their everyday lives, humans often weigh the value of different options and decide how to act based on this mental evaluation. This process, known as value-based decision-making, has been the topic of numerous studies ...

Mar 2, 2024 feature

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Only nine percent of older Americans were vaccinated against RSV before the disease hit this fall and winter

A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that only 9 percent of older Americans had been vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prior to this fall and winter, despite the threat ...

Mar 2, 2024

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Study finds the timing of CSF biomarker divergence for Alzheimer disease, normal cognition varies

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other biomarkers differ for individuals with Alzheimer disease and cognitively normal controls, with the estimated times of divergence varying from 18 to six years before diagnosis, according ...

Mar 2, 2024

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The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom's plan to transform California's mental health system

If approved by voters on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom's ballot measure to overhaul the state's mental health services system and sell bonds to finance more than 10,000 treatment beds across California could cost the state up ...

Mar 2, 2024

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Sleep and circadian rhythm problems linked with poor mental health—new research

Every cell in the body has a circadian rhythm. This rhythm follows a near 24-hour cycle that is synchronized to day and night. These circadian rhythms are critical for health and well-being.

Mar 2, 2024

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A 'gentle touch' molecule confers light tactile sensation in humans—and perhaps in individual cells

You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: "touch" is not a single sense, but rather several working together.

Mar 2, 2024

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Minoritized groups face high anxiety when taking part in research experiments

When participating in research studies, moderately anxious or highly anxious children from minoritized groups are likely to be hypervigilant to threat, further compounding the effects of their general state of anxiety, a ...

Mar 2, 2024

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Sunday, Mar 03

Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases—and one of the most easily preventable

"You don't count your children until the measles has passed." Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from parents in countries ...

Mar 3, 2024

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Long COVID may harm cognition

In a finding that unearths yet another way Long COVID can harm health, new research finds the condition may trigger thinking declines.

Mar 3, 2024

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Sleep apnea symptoms linked to memory and thinking problems

People who experience sleep apnea may be more likely to also have memory or thinking problems, according to a preliminary study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 76th Annual Meeting taking place ...

Mar 3, 2024

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Mental fatigue has psychological triggers: Research suggests challenging goals can head it off

Do you ever feel spacey, distracted and worn down toward the end of a long work-related task—especially if that task is entirely a mental one? For over a century, psychologists have been trying to determine whether mental ...

Mar 3, 2024

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More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by The Lancet medical journal.

Mar 3, 2024

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Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy

An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination—and potentially boost vaccine uptake.

Mar 3, 2024

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The computer will see you now: Artificial Intelligence usage grows at Central Florida hospitals

Central Florida's two major health systems, Orlando Health and AdventHealth Central Florida, are widely using Artificial Intelligence for administrative work and, increasingly, to sound early alarms about potential illnesses, ...

Mar 3, 2024

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