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Sex is in the brain, says new research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest — hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD — being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. ...
Even mild sleep apnea increases cardiovascular risk
Oct 24, 2008 |
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People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from ...
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Mobile phone use not associated with melanoma of the eye
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Mobile phone use is not associated with the risk of melanoma of the eye, researchers report in the January 13 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Merkel cell polyomavirus associated with Merkel cell carcinoma
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is the only human polyomavirus known to be associated with a rare skin cancer, known as Merkel cell carcinoma, according to a new study published online September 23 in the Journal of ...
Exenatide promotes weight loss when added to diet and exercise
Jun 11, 2009 |
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In combination with diet and exercise, the diabetes drug exenatide helped nondiabetic, obese individuals lose over three times more weight than those receiving a placebo, or dummy treatment, for 6 months.
Neural mechanism supports survival in an uncertain world
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A new study uncovers a pivotal role for the human frontal lobe in the promotion of behavioral flexibility during voluntary choice. The work, published by Cell Press in journal Neuron, presents a critical new neural mechan ...
Sleep restriction results in weight gain despite decreases in appetite and consumption
Jun 08, 2009 |
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According to new research, in the presence of free access to food, sleep restricted subjects reported decrease in appetite, food cravings and food consumption; however, they gained weight over the course of the study. Thus, ...
Brain Scan Study Shows Cocaine Abusers Can Control Cravings
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When asked to inhibit their response to a "cocaine-cues" video, active cocaine abusers were, on average, able to suppress activity in brain regions linked to drug craving, according to a new ...
You can control your Marilyn Monroe neuron
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific first, researchers have been able to demonstrate the ability of humans to control the activity of individual brain cells.
Fake video dramatically alters eyewitness accounts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the have found that fake video evidence can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify as an eyewitness to an event that never happened.
Obstructive sleep apnea is prevalent in adults with Down syndrome
Aug 15, 2009 |
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A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that adults with Down syndrome also frequently suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, complications of untreated OSA such as cardio ...
Control Your Hunger? Study Shows Men Can, Women Can't
Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground-breaking brain-imaging study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory shows that men, but not women, are able to control their brain’s response to their own ...
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