New study finds anticipating a laugh reduces our stress hormones
Apr 07, 2008 |
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In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, ...
Your baby's brain on drugs (and alcohol and tobacco)
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Although behavioral studies clearly indicate that exposure to drugs, alcohol and tobacco in utero is bad for a baby’s developing brain, specific anatomic brain effects have been hard to tease out in humans. Often users don’t ...
Study suggests genetic factors associated with common fears
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Genetic factors that are associated with fears appear to change as children and adolescents age, with some familial factors declining in importance over time while other genetic risk factors arise in adolescence and adulthood, ...
When poor communication pokes you in the eye
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The ocular lens belongs to the optical apparatus and focuses incidental beams of light onto the retina. Now, a research team led by Dr. Jochen Graw of the Institute of Developmental Genetics, of the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, ...
Where college students live can impact their weight, eating and exercise habits
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Endometriosis is a poorly understood condition that incapacitates and affects the productivity and lifestyle of millions of women around the world. In the US, it affects approximately six million women and adolescents at ...
Stem cell research leads to potential new therapy for rare blood disorder
Apr 07, 2008 |
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A unique partnership between industry and academia has led to human clinical trials of a new drug for a rare class of blood diseases called myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), which are all driven by the same genetic mutation ...
Depression increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
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People who have had depression are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than people who have never had depression, according to a study published in the April 8, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Surgeons announce advance in atrial fibrillation surgery
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Heart surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that by adding a simple 10-20 second step to an operative procedure they achieved a significant improvement in the outcome for the surgical treatment ...
An unexpected way to cause leukemia
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Leukaemia – cancer of blood or bone marrow – is caused by mutations that allow defective blood cells to accumulate and displace healthy blood. To devise effective therapies it is crucial to know which mutations cause leukaemia ...
NOAA aircraft to probe arctic pollution
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2008 |
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NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming - and summertime sea ice is melting - faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government ...
War between the sexes begins before twins' birth
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The battle of the sexes may begin in the womb, researchers from Tel Aviv University believe. And it may have troubling consequences — a male twin can compromise the health of his twin sister before she is born.
Backpack straps can decrease blood flow in the shoulder and arm
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More than 92 percent of the children in the U.S. carry backpacks. Typically the backpacks are loaded with almost one-fourth of the child’s body weight (22 percent) and worn with only one strap. Last year, a team of physician ...
ACP reports on how scheduled Medicare pay cuts will affect patients
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Medicare patients – many of whom have multiple chronic illnesses – face severe difficulty in receiving healthcare if Congress does not act to avert pending cuts to Medicare payments, according to first-hand reports from physicians ...
Study: Continuous oral contraceptives best
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A U.S. study suggests continuous oral contraceptives might be more effective than standard 28-day birth control pills.
Genetic variants of USF1 are associated with the increased risk for cardiovascular disease
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Several interacting environmental, biochemical, and genetic risk factors can increase disease susceptibility. While some of the genes ...
