Archive: 27/12/2017

New medical advances marking the end of a long reign for 'diet wizards'

For many years, the long-term success rates for those who attempt to lose excess body weight have hovered around 5-10 percent.

Dec 27, 2017

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Brain research points the way to new treatments for nicotine addiction

As the worldwide death toll from tobacco use continues to climb—it's currently six million per year and is expected to top eight million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization—efforts to unlock the secrets ...

Dec 27, 2017

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Callous and unemotional traits show in brain structure of boys only

Callous-unemotional traits are linked to differences in brain structure in boys, but not girls. This reports a European research team led by the University of Basel and University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital in a study ...

Dec 27, 2017

The body's own bathroom scales—a new understanding of obesity

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found evidence for the existence of an internal body weight sensing system. This system operates like bathroom scales, registering body weight and ...

Dec 27, 2017

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Genomics and AI push the boundary of precision medicine in blood cancer

Every nine minutes, someone in the US dies from blood cancer which accounts for about 10 percent of all cancer deaths. And, every three minutes, one person in the US is diagnosed with a blood cancer—about 170,000 people ...

Dec 27, 2017

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Why getting enough sleep should be on your list of New Year's resolutions

If you need an alarm to get up in the morning, you're probably not getting enough sleep.

Dec 27, 2017

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Neurons' sugar coating is essential for long-term memories

How the brain is able to store memories over long periods of time has been a persistent mystery to neuroscientists. In a new study, researchers from the Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) at the University of ...

Dec 27, 2017

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What thin people don't understand about dieting

Diets do not work.

Dec 27, 2017

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Are you metabolically flexible? Your New Year's resolutions may depend on it

Looking to fend off obesity, diabetes, heart disease or other chronic ailments in the new year? Before you hastily cut out carbs, slash the fat or sign up for the next Biggest Loser-esque workout plan, consider asking yourself: ...

Dec 27, 2017

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Bacteria used to slow spread of dengue virus in mosquitoes found to work better in wild than in the lab

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Vietnam and Australia has found that introducing a strain of bacteria known to infect mosquitoes in the wild was more effective in reducing dengue infections than ...

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