Archive: 21/09/2016

Dementia—catching the memory thief

Today (September 21) is World Alzheimer's Day, and over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer's disease was diagnosed. Since then we've learned a great deal about the protein 'tangles' and 'plaques' that cause ...

Sep 21, 2016

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Study reveals a biological link between stress and obesity

Metabolic and anxiety-related disorders both pose a significant healthcare burden, and are in the spotlight of contemporary research and therapeutic efforts. Although intuitively we assume that these two phenomena overlap, ...

Sep 21, 2016

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Research looks at the physical facts behind fiction's fascination

If you've ever been lost in a radio drama, caught up in a film or transfixed by a play, you've probably not stopped to ask why. Yet, humanity's fascination with fiction is an evolutionary enigma. Now, Oxford arts and sciences ...

Sep 21, 2016

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Training during first half of menstrual cycle most efficient

Research at Umeå University provides new insights into when during the menstrual cycle it is advantageous to periodise your strength training. The results show that training that is concentrated to the first two week of ...

Sep 21, 2016

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Diagnosing disease before it reveals its presence

A vast class of incurable neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the aggregation and deposition of aberrant proteins like the amyloid b peptide or a-synuclein, considered to be factors behind the development of ...

Sep 21, 2016

How statins aid the immune system

Statins protect against cardiovascular disease in more ways than previously thought. In a study, researchers from Karolinska Institutet are able to show the immunological effects of statins, and present a new hypothesis on ...

Sep 21, 2016

FTO gene not an obesity life sentence: study

People who carry a variant in the so-called obesity gene, FTO, react just as well to diet and exercise as those without it, a research paper said Wednesday.

Sep 21, 2016

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