Caffeine affects food intake at breakfast, but its effect is limited and transient
Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, July 19, 2018 - A new study featured in the Journal of the Academy of...
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Food for thought: How the brain reacts to food may be linked to overeating
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The reason why some people find it so hard to resist finishing an entire bag of chips or bowl of candy...
Gene regulator may contribute to protein pileup in exfoliation glaucoma
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 19, 2018) - In exfoliation glaucoma, a protein dandruff clogs the outflow pathway for the...
International Conference Brings together world’s leaders in Alzheimer’s and dementia research
The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 will be held July 22-26 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Each year, AAIC convenes the world's leading...
Former inmates at high risk for opioid overdose following prison release
A recent study in North Carolina found that in the first two weeks after being released from prison, former inmates were 40 times more likely...
Treating dementia with the healing waves of sound
Credit: Hiroaki Shimokawa Ultrasound waves applied to the whole brain improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The research,...
Fewer injuries in girls’ sports when high schools have athletic trainers
Credit: Lurie Children's Study: Fewer Injuries in Girls' Soccer and Basketball When High Schools Have Athletic Trainers Recurrent injury rates were six times higher in...
Four World Cup gold medals — and a baby
Credit: Frankie Fouganthin - Own work. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Marit Bjørgen was the most successful cross-country skier in the world when she...
Discovery of kidney cancer driver could lead to new treatment strategy
CHAPEL HILL--University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have uncovered a potential therapeutic target for kidney cancers that have a common genetic change....
Targeting headaches and tumors with nano-submarines
Credit: Ill./©: Stefan Schuhmacher Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) have developed a new method...
Careful patient selection is the key to achieving the best results for vaginal mesh surgery
Credit: Journal of Urology New York, July 19, 2018 - The high number of reported complications from transvaginal repairs for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) using...
Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Predicting genes that can cause disease due to the production of truncated or altered proteins that take on a new...
Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe
Credit: Caroline Wilkinson, Mark Roughley, Ching Liu and Kathryn Smith at the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University for their different contributions to the...
Mayo Clinic researchers uncover methods to quantify the yips and golfer’s cramp
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Almost every golfer knows the feeling. Minutes after a picture-perfect drive down the fairway, a cascade of inexplicable missed putts leads to...
Study: ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students
KINGSTON, R.I., July 19, 2018 -- Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to improve cognition in...
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