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Testosterone nasal gel works best at three doses a day, study finds
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People with anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder have similar brain anomalies
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People with anorexia nervosa and with body dysmorphic disorder have similar abnormalities in their brains that affect their ability to process visual information, a new UCLA study reveals.
Have a sense of purpose in life? It may protect your heart
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New study by Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Roosevelt shows having a high sense of purpose may lower your risk of death, heart disease, or strokeHaving a high sense of purpose in life may…
Risk of breast cancer in transgender persons — a study of veterans
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A study of breast cancer in transgender veterans has identified ten new cases, increasing the total number of published cases in both female-to-male and male-to-female transgender persons.
Researchers see way cocaine hijacks memory
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A mechanism in the brain that facilitates the pathologically powerful role of memory in drug addiction has been identified by a group of researchers. Their discovery opens a new area of research for targeted therapy that would alter or disable the mech…
‘Perfect storm’ of stress, depression may raise risk of death, heart attack for heart patients
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High stress and deep depression among heart patients may up the risk of death or heart attack by 48 percent. The findings validate the concept of a ‘psychosocial perfect storm’ for heart patients. Researchers say behavioral interventions may be needed …
Bioelectricity plays key role in brain development, repair
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Bioelectrical signals among cells control and instruct embryonic brain development and manipulating these signals can repair genetic defects and induce development of healthy brain tissue in locations where it would not ordinarily grow, biologists show…
Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor
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The importance of a key epigenetic regulator in the development of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning, memory and neural stem cells, has been made more clear, thanks to a first-of-its-kind study.
Multitasking hunger neurons also control compulsive behaviors
March 10, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anorexia nervosa, according to a new study by…
Youth suicide is ‘rising in rural areas more than urban’
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New data show rural areas suffer proportionally more suicide among young people than urban areas. Reducing gun access, doctors argue, at least by safe storage, could cut the toll.
