2015

March

• How a deadly fungus evades the immune system

• Early education narrows the achievement gap with younger starts and longer stays

• Researchers unravel mechanism that plays key role in sexual differentiation of brain

• Score! Video gamers may learn visual tasks more quickly

• South-east England ahead on genetic tests for inherited eye conditions

• Short bouts of high-intensity exercise before a fatty meal best for vascular health

• Mother’s diet influences weight-control neurocircuits in offspring

• Worked-based wellness programs reduce weight

• Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies

• Playing music by professional musicians activates genes for learning and memory

• Is painful knee and hand osteoarthritis in women associated with excess mortality?

• Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill

• Chikungunya virus may be coming to a city near you - learn the facts

• Effect of natural sweetener Xylitol in preventing tooth decay still unproven

• How the human immune system keeps TB at bay

• High-fat diet alters behavior and produces signs of brain inflammation

• Blood test may shed new light on Fragile X related disorders

• A metabolic imbalance increases the risk of respiratory diseases in childhood

• One in 4 high school seniors now try smoking water pipes

• Women fare better than men following total knee, hip replacement

• Fitness level associated with lower risk of some cancers, death in men

• Top 13 most unhealthy, cancer-causing foods

• What is the definition of ‘natural’ foods? Consumers want to know

• More schools, more challenging assignments add up to higher IQ scores

• Research into brain’s ability to heal itself offers hope for novel treatment of brain injury

• Majority of new pediatricians satisfied with first jobs

• Exercise linked to improved erectile and sexual function in men

• How do anorexics control their appetite?

• Top 10 Cancer Causing Foods

• Men’s preference for certain body types has evolutionary roots

• Altering brain chemistry makes us more sensitive to inequality

• Educated women choosing to be mothers without marrying their spouses

• Healthy diet reduces risk of cardiovascular disease by a third in over-40s

• Promising new target may treat pulmonary fibrosis

• Fatal uncoupling in the epileptic brain

• How green tea could help improve MRIs

• Genetics: No evidence of role in racial mortality gap

• A breakfast of champions for diabetics

• The link between hair disorders and susceptibility to dental caries

• NCCN publishes new guidelines for smoking cessation

• Root canals and breast cancer: The connection is clear

• Environmental tobacco smoke is associated with periodontitis in US non-smokers

• Bariatric surgery appears to cut risks for serious asthma-related events

• Listening to classical music modulates genes that are responsible for brain functions

• Understanding loneliness through science

• Sweet nanoparticles target stroke

• Raising minimum age to buy cigarettes to at least 21 would reduce smoking and save lives

• Religion and support for birth control health coverage can mix

• Cochrane Review of effectiveness of point of care diagnostics for schistosomiasis

• Graphene: A new tool for fighting cavities and gum disease?

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