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Childhood obesity linked parenting style
A team of Montreal-based researchers embarked on a study to find out how parenting styles and the broader social environment combine to affect children’s obesity risk. “We thought that certain types of parenting would be associated with a higher risk […]
Meditation may be a pain killer
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that mindfulness meditation reduces pain. The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, showed that participants who practiced mindfulness meditation reported greater pain relief than placebo. Brain scans also showed that mindfulness […]
New vaccine developed for high cholesterol
A new vaccine lowers ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol in mice and macaques, according to research published in Vaccine. The authors of the study, from the University of New Mexico and the National Institutes of health in the United States, say the […]
Vitamin D deficiency can lead to heart problems
A new study shows what level of Vitamin D deficiency puts someone at risk of developing these heart problems. Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have found that patients are fine from a heart […]
Self-weighing can lead to depression in women
Self-weighing may have negative effects for adolescents and young adults. Researchers from the University of Minnesota tracked the self-weighing behaviors of more than 1,900 young adults as part of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults) and […]
Wireless implant can trigger and block pain
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed implants that one day may be used in different parts of the body to fight pain that doesn’t respond to other therapies. […]
Waiting doesn’t help self-control
The idea that natural urges ‘die down’ with time seems intuitive, but new research shows that it’s being reminded about what not to do, not the passage of time, that actually helps young children control their impulsive behavior. The findings […]
Vanilla yogurt makes us happy
New research published in Food Research International reveals that being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a food product can actually change a person’s mood. A team of researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, the Netherlands, University of Natural […]
Body clock controls insulin, blood sugar in pancreas
New research says that our body clock dictates how the pancreas controls blood sugar, which can lead to new methods to treat diabetes. The body’s circadian clocks coordinate behaviors like eating and sleeping, as well as physiological activity like metabolism, […]
New research helps us understand the immune system
A new research reveals a protein than can help protect people from allergies, infection, and cancer. Researchers from Medicine, Chemistry and Biological Sciences in the University’s Institute for Life Science (IfLS) have been collaborating with Microsoft Research UK to investigate […]
