Judge not lest ye be judged? Researchers explore 'moral hypocrisy' in powerful people
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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2009 may well be remembered for its scandal-ridden headlines, from admissions of extramarital affairs by governors and senators, to corporate executives flying private jets while cutting employee benefits, and most recently, ...
Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis ...
COMPASS points to weight loss
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose weight. The two-year study, ...
New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine
Dec 29, 2009 |
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It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers ...
Common mechanism underlies many diseases of excitability
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Inherited mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels (Navs) are associated with many different human diseases, including genetic forms of epilepsy and chronic pain. Theodore Cummins and colleagues, at Indiana University School ...
'Notch'ing up a role in the multisystem disease tuberous sclerosis complex
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Two independent teams of researchers have identified a role for enhanced activation of the signaling protein Notch in tumors characterized by inactivation of either the TSC1 or the TSC2 protein. As indicated by Warren Pear, ...
Antibody finds, wipes out prostate cancer: study
Dec 28, 2009 |
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US researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage, a study showed Monday.
'Angry' extroverts should do best in the ring
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boxers are renowned for upping the ante by trading slurs and insults at pre-fight weigh-ins or press conferences - but research by sports psychologists suggests that the role goes beyond showmanship. If effectively ...
Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Linked to Nerve Diseases
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified mutations in the gene for TRPV4 that cause two related degenerative motor nerve disorders, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular ...
Overweight men at higher risk of heart attack, stroke, premature death
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Overweight or obese middle-aged men are at a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and premature death — even if they don’t have the metabolic syndrome, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of ...
Scientists discover a controller of brain circuitry
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 28, 2009 |
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By combining a research technique that dates back 136 years with modern molecular genetics, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist has been able to see how a mammal's brain shrewdly revisits and reuses the same molecular ...
A facial expression is worth a thousand words
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Moving pictures are more suitable to interpret the mood of a person than a static photograph.
Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Scientists have created what appears to be a schizophrenic mouse by reducing the inhibition of brain cells involved in complex reasoning and decisions about appropriate social behavior.
Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- They're not your grandpa's hearing aids. Today's newest models range from the completely invisible - it sits deep in the ear canal for months at a time - to Bluetooth-enabled gadgets that open cell phones and iPods ...
Small molecules found to protect cells in multiple models of Parkinson's disease
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Several structurally similar small molecules appear capable of protecting cells from alpha-synuclein toxicity in multiple models of Parkinson's disease, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. Misfolded copies of the ...
