Study finds dietary fat interacts with genes

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Research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine examines how calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein might interact with genes to affect body mass index (BMI), or body weight-for-height, and risk of obesity among adults in the Framingham Heart Study.


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World-first device may help solve child language mystery

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are one step closer to understanding why children can learn languages far more easily than adults, thanks to a world-first device that allows scientists to measure the magnetic ...

Compassion meditation may improve physical and emotional responses to psychological stress

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Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical ...

Tamoxifen chemoprevention tied to early detection of breast cancer

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The drug tamoxifen does not prevent or treat estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer, but it can make the disease easier to find, researchers report in the Oct. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Genetic finding implicates innate immune system in major cause of blindness

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Scientists have identified one of the genes implicated in age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed countries.

'Deadly dozen' reports diseases worsened by climate change

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Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society today released a report that lists 12 pathogens that could spread into new regions as a result of climate change, with potential impacts to both human and wildlife health ...
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