News tagged with happiness gene

Flies like us: They can act like addicts, too

When given the chance to consume alcohol at will, fruit flies behave in ways that look an awful lot like human alcoholism. That's according to a study published online on December 10th in Current Biology that is one of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In pursuit of a happiness gene

The pursuit of happiness characterizes the human condition. But for those suffering from stress, money trouble or chronic illness, a positive outlook on life can be difficult to find. Now, a Tel Aviv University ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Here is what real commitment to your marriage means

What does being committed to your marriage really mean? UCLA psychologists answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Jak of all trades? Not of leukaemia therapy

About one in five or six cases of adult leukaemia in Western populations relates to so-called chronic myeloid leukaemia, or CML. Treatment of CML usually relies on inhibitors of the abnormal protein that causes the condition ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical genetics team pinpoints causes of inherited diseases

(Medical Xpress) -- A child’s diagnosis with a congenital deformity or developmental delay raises challenging questions: Could the problem be inherited? What’s the prognosis? If other children are born to the same ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Add some spice to your food and boost your disease-prevention power

The holidays are over, January has arrived, and many of us enter the New Year determined to live our lives a little healthier than last.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New discovery could lead to treatment for Angelman syndrome

Results of a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may help pave the way to a treatment for a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polar quest: Will Antarctic worms warm to changing climate?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers engineer blood stem cells to fight melanoma

Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. The researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Survivor fights cancer with insects

(Medical Xpress) -- Rob Denell thought he was done with cancer after his wife beat the disease. No more chemotherapy by his wife's side. No more long drives to hospitals. He was about to say goodbye to cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study shows passing mood can profoundly alter 'rational decisions'

Could a passing mood influence your financial portfolio for decades to come? Can impulses you inherited from your cave-man ancestors influence your financial decisions in the modern world in ways that may have lifelong consequences?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Feed your genes

What should we eat? Answers abound in the international media, from Time Magazine to the New York Times Magazine to best-selling authors, all of which rely on their interpretation of recent medical literature ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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