Tag: brain
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April 06, 2009 04:59 PM EDT --
LONDON (UPI) -- People who binge on chocolate could find mentally challenging tasks less exhausting, says a study presented to the British Psychology Society.
That's because compounds found in . . .
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March 17, 2009 09:02 PM EDT --
MELBOURNE, Fla. (UPI) -- A U.S. controlled trial of hyperbaric treatments for children with autism has determined such treatments can improve the patients' conditions.
Hyperbaric therapy traditionally . . .
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March 12, 2009 09:30 PM EDT --
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (UPI) -- Fifteen-year-old boys who eat fish at least once a week achieve higher intelligence scores, Sweden researchers found.
The study of nearly 4,000 teenagers, published in the . . .
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August 21, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
CALGARY, Alberta (UPI) -- The popular food additive MSG causes stunted brain cell development, a 17-year-old Canadian student working at the University of Calgary said.
Working under supervision . . .
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November 11, 2008 07:08 PM EST --
CHICAGO (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, using brain scans, have found evidence that unusually aggressive youth may enjoy inflicting pain on others.
University of Chicago researchers said scans of aggressive . . .
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January 16, 2009 05:59 PM EST --
DURHAM, England (UPI) -- High caffeine consumption -- coffee, tea and caffeinated energy drinks -- could be linked to a greater tendency to hallucinate, researchers in Britain say.
Durham University . . .
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February 04, 2009 07:53 PM EST --
DALLAS (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've discovered increased levels of a natural brain chemical can block weight gain.
The researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical . . .
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February 24, 2009 06:10 PM EST --
BALTIMORE (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've discovered a variation in the neuregulin 3 gene that influences delusions associated with schizophrenia.
The Johns Hopkins University researchers . . .
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February 24, 2009 06:38 PM EST --
CHICAGO (UPI) -- Social isolation affects how people behave, as well as how their brains operate, a University of Chicago study found.
John Cacioppo said the study used functional Magnetic Resonance . . .
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February 24, 2009 06:45 PM EST --
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) -- The U.S. government should make preventing mental, emotional and behavioral disorders in young people a priority, two non-profit groups say.
A report from the National Research . . .
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February 24, 2009 06:51 PM EST --
CINCINNATI (UPI) -- Children born in areas with traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthma due to womb-acquired genetic changes, U.S. researchers say.
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June 02, 2009 12:10 PM EDT --
Is your child a bully? Here is some food for thought.........
VICTORIA, British Columbia (UPI) -- First-grade children with signs of depression, anxiety or aggression are at risk of being victimized . . .
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August 21, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
BOSTON (UPI) -- A team of U.S.-led scientists says it has found genetic abnormalities that balance sodium and calcium in brain cells linked with bipolar disease.
Researchers said they made the . . .
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January 12, 2009 10:06 PM EST --
ROCHESTER, Minn. (UPI) -- Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., say most stroke patients don't think they're having a stroke -- and as a result, delay treatment.
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July 16, 2008 05:10 PM EDT --
Infrared device may help dementia victims
EASINGTON, England (UPI) -- A British dementia patient's progress using an infrared device in an experimental helmet could be "hugely significant," . . .
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