Archive: 27/07/2015

More obesity among the less educated in rich countries

In rich countries, obesity is more common among the lower educated, whilst in poor countries, obesity is more common among the higher educated. This was shown in a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, ...

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Study shows most teenage friendships doomed to fail

The psychiatrist Harry Sullivan believed that nothing is a more significant determinant of psychological well-being than the nature of our closest social bonds. In adolescence, research has consistently linked the quality ...

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A scientific smartphone tool for personalized health

Adults frequently report that they enjoy the outdoors, including recreational sports, walking in nature, and spending time outside with loved ones. But surveys from the National Recreation and Park Association indicate that ...

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Oral piercings can cause serious dental problems, warns dentist

If you've been considering getting a tongue piercing, you may want to hold off. Having the piercing may be cool, but research shows it can cause serious oral health problems.

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Treatment failure in parasite infection tied to virus

Two new studies explain why some parasite infections, such as those common in developing countries, sometimes can't be cured with standard treatments.

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Increased protein turnover contributes to the development of pulmonary fibrosis

Scientists of the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have identified a new mechanism which contributes to the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). They showed that the pathological ...

Jul 27, 2015

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to exploring motor function

The simple actions that humans make and take for granted every day are visible results of complex, unseen engineering at work: neuron-activated muscles throughout the body generate forces for movement, with each movement ...

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Israel's Teva buys Allergan generic drug company for $40.5B

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Monday it is purchasing Dublin-based Allergan PLC's generic pharmaceuticals business for $40.5 billion, in what Israeli analysts called the largest-ever acquisition by an ...

Jul 27, 2015

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Study may show a way to predict whether children with a genetic disorder will develop autism or psychosis

Doctors and researchers have long known that children who are missing about 60 genes on a certain chromosome are at a significantly elevated risk for developing either a disorder on the autism spectrum or psychosis—that ...

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Researchers delve into what happens during sleep

In the classic fairy tale, Snow White bites into an apple and slips into a state of suspended animation. For her fellow figment of fiction, man-about-the-Catskills character Rip Van Winkle, a sip of moonshine affords the ...

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