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Brain Chemical, Missing Genes Associated with Obesity, Study Shows
If the rate of obesity and overweight continues
to rise, 75 percent of adults and nearly 24...
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Wyeth, Elan Shares Plunged after Phase 2 Alzheimer’s Experimental Treatment
Shares in the drug makers Wyeth and Elan
plunged on Wednesday after their experimental Alzheimer’s...
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Is Your Spouse A Smoker? Then Your Stroke Risk Is Very High
It is not enough to be cigarette-free in order to keep
yourself away from strokes, according to...
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Experimental Drug Halts Alzheimer’s Decline in Early Trial
British researchers said on Tuesday that an Alzheimer’s drug
designed to attack abnormal tangles...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk
Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins usually used to
prevent heart attacks and strokes may be the...
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Alzheimer Research Continues to Bring Both Positive and Negative Results
The July 19 issue of The Lancet presents the findings of two Alzheimer related studies; while one...
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Physical Exercise Slows Down Alzheimer's Disease
Physical exercise appears to slow down the development of Alzheimer's disease. New research data,...
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Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
Scientists with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found that when consumed in large...
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High Levels Of Good Cholesterol May Preserve Memory
New research suggests that high levels of so-called “good” HDL
cholesterol not only reduce risk of...
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Low Birth Weight and Prematurity May Raise Baby’s Risk for Autism
Infants born before term and underweight, especially baby-girls are twice as likely to develop...
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Kids Exposed To Lead May Show Criminal Behavior Later
It has long been known that exposure to lead has harmful
effects on judgment, cognitive function...
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Preterm Babies Have Double the Risk of Birth Defects
Preterm babies have double the risk to be born with major
birth defects than full-term infants, a...
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Childhood Multiple Sclerosis Impairs Cognitive Abilities
Children who develop multiple sclerosis, a disease that
usually strikes during childhood, are more...
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Court Hears More Claims Linking Thimesoral in Vaccines to Autism
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parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe that a mercury-based preservative,
thimesoral,...
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Breast-Feeding Found to Increase Children’s IQ
Besides decreasing women’s risk of developing breast cancer,
breast-feeding was also found to make...
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Depression May Double Alzheimer’s Risk
Two new studies published on Monday found that people who
have a history of depression are twice...
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Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations
Just days after the death of a pioneer of schizophrenia treatment, Baltimore psychiatrist Dr. Frank...
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Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future
Mice with Parkinson’s disease seem to improve their condition after receiving their own modified...
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Statins Do Not Protect against Alzheimer’s Disease
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins were thought to
reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, but a...
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Genetic Defect Linked to Autism, Researchers Say
Researchers have discovered a genetic defect responsible for
1 percent of the various forms of...
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Foster Care Linked to an Increased IQ in Orphan Children
Abandoned children who are put into foster care seem to have
better reasoning, language and other...
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Pregnant Women Face More Radiological Exams than Ever
Pregnant women are exposed to more high-tech imagines exams,
exposing their babies to higher level...
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Genentech’s Avastin Promising for Brain Cancer Treatment
U.S.
biotechnology company Genentech Inc. revealed on Sunday that its cancer drug,
Avastin, seems...
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Roche's Genentech Announces Avastin Works for GBM
Genentech Inc announced its Avastin (active ingredient: bevacizumab), a monoclonal antibody against...
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Occasional Binge Drinking Is Likely to Harm Fetus
A single incident of binge drinking while pregnant will not
harm the developing of the fetus,...
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Babies Born before Term Face Higher Risk of Death
Babies born just a few weeks before their term are more
predisposed to dying during their first...
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ADHD Delays Brain Development with Three Years
The brain of the children suffering from Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) seems to...
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Study Shows Curvy Women Are Also Smarter
A recent U.S.
study made on 16,000 women and girls revealed that women with small waists and
big...
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Omega-3-Fatty Acids Feed the Brain
Recent research revealed that fish intake, especially the
consumption of omega-3 fatty acids in...
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Breastfeeding Increases Child IQ
If previous studies, which connected intelligence and
breastfeeding, have come up with conflicting...
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Baby Bottle Chemical Bysphenol A Is Safe, FDA Report Says
Bisphenol A, the chemical found in polycarbonate plastic,
including baby bottles, is safe at...
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Teenagers’ Access to Drugs, Alcohol, Marijuana Easier Than Ever
The latest survey of the National
Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse (CASA) at Columbia
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Prominent Cancer Researcher Warns About Mobile Phone Cancer Risk
Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, one of the most...
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Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens
A nationwide survey, by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration carried out...
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Comedy for a Good Cause: Autism
Comedy and autism seem to have nothing in common at a first
glance. But things can change if...
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Autism Group Offended by Big Brother Contestant
National autism advocacy group Autism United, led by its executive director John Gilmore, is...
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