Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress
• Brain • • Neurology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 05 13
Physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is reduced and anxiety is less likely to interfere with normal brain function,…
Dodging antibiotic side effects
• Drug Abuse • • Infections • Jul 05 13
A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics…
Scientists discover ethnic differences in immune response to TB bacterium
• Immunology • • Tuberculosis • Jul 05 13
The immune response to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) varies between patients of different ethnic origin, raising important implications for the development of…
New research could pave the way to safer treatments for arthritis
• Arthritis • Jul 05 13
The increased risk of heart attack or stroke associated with many arthritis drugs may be avoidable, according to a new international study co-authored by…
Brain epigenome changes from birth to adolescence
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 05 13
Experience of parents with their children and teachers with their students demonstrate how kids change their behaviours and knowledge from infancy to adolescence. Until…
Yoga in school not same as teaching religion, California judge rules
• Alternative Medicine • • Public Health • Jul 02 13
A California judge refused on Monday to block the teaching of yoga as part of a public school’s physical fitness program, rejecting parents’ claims…
Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 02 13
When it comes to fitness, experts say men generally want to be bulkier and women want to be trimmer and everyone wants to do…
Collapsible hampers pose eye risk for kids: doctors
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 02 13
Collapsible laundry hampers with wire supports may pose a risk to children’s eyes, according to researchers who saw two related injuries within a…
FDA rejects Merck insomnia drug, seeks lower-dose
• Drug Abuse • • Sleep Aid • Jul 02 13
U.S. health regulators have rejected Merck & Co’s new insomnia drug application but opened the door to approving a lower-dose version of the medication,…
Getting Kids to Eat Their Veggies: A New Approach to an Age-Old Problem
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jul 01 13
Every parent has a different strategy for trying to get his or her kid to eat more vegetables, from growing vegetables together as a…
Vitamin C helps control gene activity in stem cells
• Public Health • Jul 01 13
Vitamin C affects whether genes are switched on or off inside mouse stem cells, and may thereby play a previously unknown and fundamental role…
Tobacco control policies stop people from smoking and save lives
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 01 13
Tobacco control measures put in place in 41 countries between 2007 and 2010 will prevent some 7.4 million premature deaths by 2050, according to…
Penn Medicine researchers discover link between fear and sound perception
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 01 13
Anyone who’s ever heard a Beethoven sonata or a Beatles song knows how powerfully sound can affect our emotions. But it can work…
Different neuronal groups govern right-left alternation when walking
• Neurology • Jul 01 13
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the neuronal circuits in the spinal cord of mice that control the ability to produce the…
Can watching an avatar translate to real-life weight loss?
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Jul 01 13
An estimated two-thirds of all Americans are overweight or obese and many find it difficult to lose weight and keep it off. They’ve tried…