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Obese adolescents feel less food enjoyment than those with normal weight, study reveals

Researchers from the University of Granada belonging to the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center and the Faculty of Business and Economics have proven that adolescents who suffer from obesity feel less food enjoyment than those who have a normal weight.

13 Nov 2018

Study identifies unique functional brain networks associated with ASD behaviors in infancy

A new study has identified unique functional brain networks associated with characteristic behaviors of autism spectrum disorder in 12- and 24-month old children at risk for developing ASD. The study is published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

13 Nov 2018

Women prefer and invest more in daughters, while men favor sons

A Rutgers-led experimental study found that women prefer and invest more in daughters, while men favor and invest more in their sons.

13 Nov 2018

Angiotensin receptor blockers improve sodium excretion in blacks

Drugs that inhibit a hormone that constricts blood vessels also help improve sodium excretion in blacks who hold onto too much sodium in the face of stress, investigators report.

13 Nov 2018

Higher body mass index could cause depression even without health problems

A largescale genomic analysis has found the strongest evidence yet that being overweight causes depression, even in the absence of other health problems.

13 Nov 2018

Transgenic rat model may provide new insights into cerebral amyloid angiopathy

In a report in The American Journal of Pathology investigators describe the generation of a successful novel transgenic rat model that accumulates amyloid specifically in brain blood vessels and strongly mimics many of the associated detrimental changes that are observed in humans - a condition known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is also commonly observed in Alzheimer disease.

13 Nov 2018

Dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing inhibits spectator's blink rate, increases attention

According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes diminish a spectator's blink rate, producing an increase in attention.

13 Nov 2018

Study aims to find which outreach method is more effective at improving cancer screening rates

Phone calls are more effective reminders for patients to book cancer screening appointments than mailed letters but are also more costly, suggests a new study from St. Michael's Hospital.

13 Nov 2018

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong majority (81%) say they are concerned that antibiotic resistance will make more infections difficult or impossible to treat and even deadly, according to a national public opinion survey commissioned by Research!America in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Society of America.

13 Nov 2018

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip apart sugar to release the "bang" of energy. Sometimes they rip apart fats, and in a pinch, cells can even metabolize protein.

13 Nov 2018

Suicidal patients with prescribed access to psychotropic drugs should be closely monitored

As prescriptions for psychotropic drugs increase, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that prescribed access to anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medications may make it easier for some patients to use the drugs in attempted suicides.

13 Nov 2018

Small-stature in rainforest populations may be linked to cardiac adaptations

African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that this is an example of convergent adaptation that may also be linked to changes in cardiac development pathways.

13 Nov 2018

Fish oil or omega 3 fatty acid supplements can prevent heart attacks finds study

A couple of clinical trials from Harvard researchers have shown that regular consumption of fish or fish oil supplements can reduce the risk of getting heart attacks significantly.

13 Nov 2018

Study finds why obesity both fuels cancer growth and helps immunotherapy to kill tumors

A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies to work better against those same tumors.

13 Nov 2018

Three landmark studies provide better understanding of sudden cardiac arrest

Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, professor of Medicine and associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute, presented three critical research studies aimed at better understanding sudden cardiac arrest.

13 Nov 2018

Study identifies factors tied to greater risk of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Children's Hospital Colorado pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD, recently shared results of the Prospective Study of Ultrasound to Predict Hepatic Cirrhosis in Cystic Fibrosis, which sought to determine if liver ultrasounds could identify children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis who are at greater risk of developing advanced liver disease.

13 Nov 2018

Beneficial gut microbes metabolize high-fiber diet to improve heart health in mouse model

Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from the ravages of atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fatty plaques linked to heart attacks and strokes.

13 Nov 2018

Insufficient sleep duration linked with unhealthy lifestyle profile among children

A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle profile among children and adolescents.

13 Nov 2018

Researchers find no link between infants waking up at night and later developmental problems

New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night by around six months of age. Indeed, they often receive messages from pediatricians and others about the importance of early sleep consolidation.

13 Nov 2018

Meditation, music may change biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults

A research team led by Dr. Kim Innes, a professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has found that a simple meditation or music listening program may alter certain biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's Disease in older adults who are experiencing memory loss.

13 Nov 2018

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Obese adolescents feel less food enjoyment than those with normal weight, study reveals

Study identifies unique functional brain networks associated with ASD behaviors in infancy

Women prefer and invest more in daughters, while men favor sons

Angiotensin receptor blockers improve sodium excretion in blacks

Higher body mass index could cause depression even without health problems

Transgenic rat model may provide new insights into cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing inhibits spectator's blink rate, increases attention

Study aims to find which outreach method is more effective at improving cancer screening rates

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

Suicidal patients with prescribed access to psychotropic drugs should be closely monitored

Small-stature in rainforest populations may be linked to cardiac adaptations

Fish oil or omega 3 fatty acid supplements can prevent heart attacks finds study

Study finds why obesity both fuels cancer growth and helps immunotherapy to kill tumors

Three landmark studies provide better understanding of sudden cardiac arrest

Study identifies factors tied to greater risk of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Beneficial gut microbes metabolize high-fiber diet to improve heart health in mouse model

Insufficient sleep duration linked with unhealthy lifestyle profile among children

Researchers find no link between infants waking up at night and later developmental problems

Meditation, music may change biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults

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