Archive: 11/03/2016

Family-based counselling increases physical activity and improves diet quality in children

A recent Finnish study showed that individualised and family-based lifestyle counselling helps 6-8-year-old children increase their physical activity levels and improve their diet quality during a two-year follow-up. The ...

Mar 11, 2016

Study finds that retirement leads to positive lifestyle changes

A landmark study led by University of Sydney has found that people become more active, sleep better and reduce their sitting time when they retire.

Mar 11, 2016

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Lack of TRPV2 impairs thermogenesis in mouse brown adipose tissue

Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a major site for mammalian non-shivering thermogenesis, could be a target for prevention and treatment of human obesity. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 (TRPV2), a Ca2+-permeable cation ...

Mar 11, 2016

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Skin has the nerve to tell you to scratch

No matter the trigger—bug bites, a medication side-effect or an itchy wound—the urge to scratch can be a real pain. Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have identified a potential drug target in the skin ...

Mar 11, 2016

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Unpacking space radiation to control astronaut and earthbound cancer risk

NASA limits an astronaut's radiation exposures to doses that keep their added risk of fatal cancer below 3 percent. Unfortunately, that ceiling restricts the time an astronaut may spend in space, which in turn restricts the ...

Mar 11, 2016

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Dentists, physicians, psychologists and others work together to ease their patients' pain

Like a lot of the patients who come to the Tufts Craniofacial Pain Center, the 30-something Ph.D. student was at her wit's end. Since high school, she'd suffered from three or four migraine headaches a year. Then she woke ...

Mar 11, 2016