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Science news stories ...Summaries | Headlines Parents' Genes, Not Parents' Arguing, May Cause Children's Conduct Problems (February 7, 2007) -- A new study has revealed that parents' fighting is not likely a direct cause of children's conduct problems. Rather, the findings showed that parents' genes influenced how much they fought with their ... > full story Students Who Believe Intelligence Can Be Developed Perform Better (February 7, 2007) -- Two studies that followed junior high students have demonstrated that students who believe intelligence can be developed may improve their math achievement. In each study, which each involved two ... > full story Common Anesthetic May Induce Cell Death, Generation Of Alzheimer's-associated Protein (February 7, 2007) -- A new study has found how one of the most commonly used anesthetics may produce Alzheimer's-like changes in the brain. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues describe the ... > full story Mind-set Matters: Why Thinking You Got A Work Out May Actually Make You Healthier (February 7, 2007) -- A new study shows that many of the beneficial results of exercise may be due to the placebo ... > full story Children Who Sleep Less More Likely To Be Overweight (February 7, 2007) -- Children who sleep less are at greater risk of being overweight, according to the first nationally representative, longitudinal investigation of the relationship between sleep, Body Mass Index and ... > full story Severely Mentally Ill Have Increased Risk Of Death From Cardiovascular Disease (February 7, 2007) -- A large British study indicates that individuals with severe mental illnesses are significantly more likely to die from coronary heart disease and stroke, but not cancer, than those without mental ... > full story Loneliness Associated With Increased Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease (February 7, 2007) -- Lonely individuals may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer's disease in late life as those who are not lonely, according to a study by researchers at the Rush ... > full story Interfering With Vagal Nerve Activity In Mice Prevents Diabetes And Hypertension (February 7, 2007) -- Interrupting nerve signals to the liver can prevent diabetes and hypertension in mice, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The finding is reported in the ... > full story Do Cigarette Warning Labels Work? Results From 4 Countries (February 7, 2007) -- As the second leading cause of death in the world, cigarette smoking is a preventable behavior. Most countries require warnings about health risks on every package, but the effectiveness of these ... > full story  Action Video Games Sharpen Vision 20 Percent (February 6, 2007) -- Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision.
Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that people who played action video ... > full story
Low Birth Weight And Childhood Abuse Linked To Psychological Problems Later In Life (February 6, 2007) -- A recent study by Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) finds children born with low birth weight (LBW) who suffered child abuse are substantially more likely to develop psychological problems such ... > full story Autism May Not Be The Only Childhood Psychiatric Disorder On The Rise (February 6, 2007) -- The incidence of three childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, increased among Danish children between 1990 and 2004, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of ... > full story No More Seizures? New Drug Holds Promise For Epilepsy Patients (February 6, 2007) -- People with newly diagnosed epilepsy experienced few, if any, seizures while taking the drug levetiracetam as a single therapy, giving hope to epilepsy patients who don't respond to or can't tolerate ... > full story Recurrent Middle Ear Infections Can Have A Major Impact On Children's Development (February 6, 2007) -- A study by the University of Western Sydney has revealed that recurring middle ear infections in early childhood can have a detrimental impact on language and literacy skill development in later ... > full story Sleep Apnea Can Be Diagnosed Without Overnights In A Sleep Lab (February 6, 2007) -- Exclusively ambulatory techniques and equipment were as successful at identifying and treating sleep apnea as the current method of polysomnography, which requires several supervised overnight stays ... > full story Painkiller Helps Against Child Cancer (February 6, 2007) -- Neuroblastoma is a form of cancer that develops in the nervous system and it affects small children more commonly than any other tumour type. Now, however, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in ... > full story Slow-wave Activity During Sleep Affected By Quality, Intensity Of Wakefulness (February 6, 2007) -- A study published in the February 1st issue of the journal SLEEP provides a first direct demonstration that the "quality" and "intensity" of wakefulness can affect slow-wave activity during ... > full story  Scientists Identify Molecular Cause For One Form Of Deafness (February 5, 2007) -- Scientists exploring the physics of hearing have found an underlying molecular cause for one form of deafness, and a conceptual connection between deafness and the organization of liquid crystals, ... > full story
Longevity By A Nose -- Or Odorant Receptor (February 5, 2007) -- The fruit fly's perception of food may trigger a different metabolic state than one that exists when nutrients are limited, partially counteracting the life-lengthening effects of nutrient ... > full story Stress Response Prevents Neurodegeneration (February 5, 2007) -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating immune-mediated disease of the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system [CNS]). It is characterized by infiltration of the CNS by inflammatory cells ... > full story What Makes A Good Leader: The Assertiveness Quotient (February 5, 2007) -- Organizational leaders who come across as low or high in assertiveness tend to be seen as less effective, according to a study coming out in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and ... > full story Alzheimer's Gene Raises Newborns' Cerebral Palsy Risk (February 5, 2007) -- Apolipoprotein E (APOE), a gene associated with heightened risk for Alzheimer's disease in adults, can also increase the likelihood that brain-injured newborns will develop cerebral palsy, ... > full story Parents Fail To Recognize Their Children's Weight (February 5, 2007) -- Most parents cannot recognize that their child is overweight, a Deakin University study has revealed, with a majority believing their overweight child is of normal ... > full story  Brain's Reward Circuit Activity Ebbs And Flows With A Woman's Hormonal Cycle (February 5, 2007) -- Fluctuations in sex hormone levels during women's menstrual cycles affect the responsiveness of their brains' reward circuitry, an imaging study has revealed. While women were winning rewards, their ... > full story
Rogue Odour Theory Could Be Right (February 5, 2007) -- A controversial theory that explains the molecular mechanism which gives our sense of smell razor-sharp precision has been given a boost thanks to a study by a team of UCL researchers at the London ... > full story Scientists Should Adopt Codes Of Ethics, Scientist-bioethicist Says (February 5, 2007) -- The time is ripe for scientific organizations to adopt codes of ethics, according to a scientist and bioethicist from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the current issue of Science and ... > full story Binge Eating More Common Than Other Eating Disorders, Survey Finds (February 4, 2007) -- The first national survey of individuals with eating disorders shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. The study, conducted by researchers ... > full story Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths To Parkinson's Disease (February 3, 2007) -- The degeneration of brain cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease may be caused by either externally provoked cell death or internally initiated suicide when the molecule that normally prevents ... > full story Multiple Dimensions Shape Our Perception Of Mind, Harvard Study Suggests (February 3, 2007) -- Through an online survey of more than 2,000 people, psychologists at Harvard University have found that we perceive the minds of others along two distinct dimensions: agency, an individual's ability ... > full story Decoy Pill Saves Brain Cells, May Lead To Neuroprotective Drugs For Stroke And Alzheimer's Patients (February 2, 2007) -- A decoy version of a brain receptor fools a toxic enzyme, breaking a feedback loop that leads to widespread neuron death in stroke, Alzheimer's and other degenerative ... > full story Food-mood Connection: The Sad Are Twice As Likely To Eat Comfort Food (February 2, 2007) -- People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by Cornell's Brian Wansink. However, when nutritional information is ... > full story  'Electric' Fish Shed Light On How Brain Directs Movement (February 2, 2007) -- Scientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple everyday act of picking up a cup of coffee. ... > full story
Mechanism Of Hallucinogens' Effects Discovered (February 2, 2007) -- The brain mechanism underlying the mind-bending effects of hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin has been discovered by neuroscientists. They said their discoveries not only shed light ... > full story Less Television, More Gathering Around Dinner Table Prevents Kids From Becoming Overweight (February 2, 2007) -- Sitting down to a family meal more often and cutting down on television watching can help keep children from becoming overweight, according to a new University of Missouri-Columbia ... > full story  How Does Your Brain Tell Time? Study Challenges Theory Of Inner Clock (February 1, 2007) -- For decades, scientists have believed that the brain possesses an internal clock that allows it to keep track of time. Now a UCLA study in the February 1 edition of Neuron proposes a new model in ... > full story
Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early (February 1, 2007) -- Studies in mice have indicated that the effects of prion disease could be reversed if caught early enough. The researchers said that their findings support developing early treatments that aim to ... > full story < more recent summaries | earlier summaries > |
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