Archive for July, 2009
Stressed parents up asthma risk
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Stress can lead to arguments
Stressed parents may play a role in childhood asthma, researchers believe.
They found the children of tense parents who lived in polluted areas were far more likely to have asthma than friends in the same neighbourhood.
The University of California team believe parental anxieties combine with other known risk factors [...]
Not feeling well? Beware of ‘shadow’ diseases
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
By Meryl Davids Landau
Mel Curtis / Getty Images stock
Sometimes one disease triggers a second illness.
For years, doctors have observed that patients with one illness may be stricken by another condition that’s seemingly unrelated and sometimes more serious, known as a “shadow disease.” One of the most well-known is the connection between migraines and heart attack [...]
New study finds ‘delinquent behavior among boys contagious’
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
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Babies understand dogs
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
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Neuroimaging suggests that truthfulness requires no act of will for honest people
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
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Scientists create entirely new way to study brain function
Monday, July 20th, 2009
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Researchers find that eating high levels of fructose impairs memory in rats
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
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Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
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Active genes discovered in the developing mammal brain
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
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Building memories with actin
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
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