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Bad news for insomniacs: 'hunger hormones' affected by poor sleep

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Insomnia has long been associated with poor health, including weight gain and even obesity. Now researchers at UCLA have found out why.





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Reaction to stress traced to genetic differences

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can people's differing reactions to situations of stress be attributed at least in part to genetic differences and do those differences affect men and women in different ways - with the edge seemingly favoring the women? ...


Autism linked with stress hormone levels

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research led by the University ...


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Brain's 'true love' lasts only a year

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created Nov 29, 2005 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Italian scientists have determined the brain chemical fired up when a person meets a "true love" doesn't last a lifetime, but rather, just 12 months.


Aromatherapy may make you feel good, but it won't make you well

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

One of the most comprehensive investigations done to date on aromatherapy failed to show any improvement in either immune status, wound healing or pain control among people exposed to two often-touted scents.


Compassion meditation may improve physical and emotional responses to psychological stress

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

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 ...


Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of children, states a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...


Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118 ...


Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with ...


Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in GCA is also observed in municipal ...


Heparanase-specific shRNA: A novel therapeutic strategy in human gastric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous studies have indicated that the heparanase (HPA) is correlated with histopathological parameters and poor prognosis of gastric cancers. Although their efficiencies in inhibiting the expression of HPA, the traditional ...



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