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| Processed foods mess with rats' motivation, study suggests You know an unhealthy diet can make you fat, but new research suggests it can sap your motivation too. In a study published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, researchers at UCLA found that rats fed a diet low in fat but high in simple sugars and refined ... | |
| Brain Health Registry aims to build test subject pool UCSF officials hope to solve one of the biggest hurdles to clinical research for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other brain diseases: finding people willing to be subjects in trials in a relatively short time. With the Brain Health Registry, an online project to be ... | |
| Express Scripts Raises Pressure on Gilead to Reduce Drug Price Express Scripts Holding Co. (ESRX:US), a pharmacy benefit manager that handles more than 1 billion prescriptions annually in the U.S., is ratcheting up its effort to force Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD:US) to cut the $84,000 price of its new hepatitis C pill Sovaldi. | |
| Paralysed men move again with spinal stimulation Four men in wheelchairs Andrew Meas, Dustin Shillcox, Kent Stephenson and Rob Summers were treated at the University of Louisville's Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre. Continue reading the main story ... | |
| Aspirin may prevent preeclampsia in pregnant women Taking low-dose "baby" aspirin during pregnancy may prevent a serious complication many women face, preeclampsia. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today published a draft of their recommended guidelines and final evidence summary on ... | |
| US childhood obesity rates have increased since 1999: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. childhood obesity rates have increased over the past 14 years, according to a study published on Monday, casting doubt on a recent analysis by government health researchers that found a sharp drop in preschool obesity ... | |
| Study Confirms One Daily Serving of Beans Improves Heart Health Daily consumption of legumes, such as beans, peas and lentils, can significantly lower the risk of heart disease, reports a bi-national team of scientists from Canada and the United States. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ... | |
| High-tech items giving deaf-blind online access SANDS POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Tanisha Verdejo loves to surf the Internet for online shopping deals. She chats on Facebook, learns about new recipes and enjoys sending emails to friends and family. Verdejo, who can't see or hear, could do none of that a year ... | |
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| Caffeine 'can help against Alzheimer's' Coffee could help people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, scientists from a German university have discovered. Germans 'cut HIV out of infected cells' (18 Dec 13); Hormone makes men 'high on girlfriend' (25 Nov 13); Poor pensions frighten half of ... | |
| Stress may cut crash rates for teen drivers: study Researchers from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, found that teens with a higher response to stress measured by cortisol levels, a neurological marker of stress regulation linked to risky behavior, have lower crash and near-crash rates (CNC). The study ... | |
| Green tea boosts memory: Study Good news for those worried about their memory. In a new study researchers have reported a first of its kind evidence that green tea extract enhances the cognitive functioning of the brain, particularly the working memory. The study published in the journal ... | |
| Mental health brought into focus Lt. Gov. David S. Ethell speaks about his personal fight with post-traumatic stress disorder during Strathcona County Library's Mental Health Spotlight series on Wednesday, April 3. Daniele Alcinii/Sherwood Park News/QMI Agency. Tweet · Bookmark and ... | |
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| Decoded: Skin cells that sense touch In a ground-breaking research, scientists have resolved the age-old mystery of touch - how cells just beneath the skin surface enable us to feel fine details and textures. Till date, almost nothing is known about the cells and molecules responsible for initiating ... | |
| Stroke Often Missed in ERs, Study Finds MONDAY, April 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Early signs and symptoms of stroke are often missed by emergency department doctors, a new study finds. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans with symptoms such as dizziness or headache are ... | |
| Anti-vaccine movement is giving diseases a 2nd life Kathryn Riffenburg decided on a closed casket for her baby's funeral. She didn't want her family to see what whooping cough, her son's first illness, had done to 9-week-old Brady Alcaide. The nearly forgotten disease, which has in recent years afflicted ... | |
| Student's April Fools prank on professor may be the best ever A professor at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan has a policy that if a student's phone rings in class, the student must answer it on speakerphone. Let's just say this professor got burned by his own rules. Watch and laugh. NYPD and NYFD Hockey ... | |
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