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First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 8 reports

AMA declares obesity a disease needing treatment

The American Medical Association declared obesity a disease, which means 90 million U.S. adults and children have a medical condition requiring treatment. After a debate Tuesday, members of the AMA's House of Delegates rejected advice of their own experts ... [Published Individual.com - 48 mins ago]

Entities: Obesity, American Medical Association, Body Mass Index, Patient

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Brooks: The brain has a mind of its own

It's a pattern as old as time. Somebody makes an important scientific breakthrough, which explains a piece of the world. But then people get caught up in the excitement of this breakthrough and try to use it to explain everything.This is what's happening ... [Published Times Union - 1 hour ago]

Entities: David Brooks, Sally Satel, Neuroscience, Amygdala

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 15 reports

Moderate drinking during pregnancy may not harm baby's brain

Moderate drinking during pregnancy may not have an effect on the brain development of the baby, according to a new study. ... [Published KMOV.com - 4 hours ago]

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 17 reports

Concussion Brain Abnormalities May Mirror Those in Alzheimer’s

Researchers report that the distribution of white matter brain abnormalities in some patients following concussion bears a “striking” resemblance to those found in early Alzheimer’s dementia. Saeed Fakhran, MD, assistant professor of radiology in the ... [Published Rehab Manegement - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Patient, Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 14 reports

News: Autism linked to air pollution

Best Health Blog If you live in a highly-polluted area and are planning to have children, a new study might make you consider a move.The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is the first national research that shows air pollutants ... [Published Best Health Magazine - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Autism, Air Pollution, Autism Spectrum, Roberts, Mercury

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 reports

Is obesity a disease?

Is smoking a disease? Few of us would think so. It's a terribly unhealthful habit that can cause various fatal and chronic diseases, but it is not an illness unto itself. There are smokers who remain disease-free.So it's hard for me to jump on board with ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Obesity, Smoking

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 reports

Scientists Endure Hours of Sean Connery Impressions to Better Humanity

With the noble goal of elevating the subtleties of speech, a group of scientists at the Royal Holloway University in London endured an awful task. They studied "non-professional impersonators" doing their best impressions. The scientists looked at fMRI ... [Published Gawker - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Sean Connery, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Impersonator, Impressionism

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 13 reports

PRIME | Could saturated fat make you vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease?

A diet high in saturated fat can quickly rob the brain of a key chemical that helps protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. ... [Published Louisville Courier-Journal - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Saturated Fatty Acids, Alzheimer's Disease, Diet

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 7 reports

Testosterone Keeps Women's Brains Sharp

Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.This randomized controlled trial demonstrated that testosterone ... [Published MedPage Today - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Testosterone, Susan Davis, Placebo, transdermal

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 11 reports

Common Sweetener Could Help Treat Parkinson's Disease

Mannitol, a plant-produced sweetener used in gum and candies, has proven effective at blocking production of a Parkinson's-related protein.A sweetener produced by most plants could hold the key to treating Parkinson's disease, a recent paper in the Journal ... [Published Popular Science - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Mannitol, Parkinson's Disease, Tel Aviv University, Transgenic, Protein

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 reports

Infections Linked to Mood Disorders Like Depression, Bipolar?

Emerging research suggests between being admitted to a hospital for an infection may influence a later diagnosis of a mood disorder.Specifically, investigators found that the risk of being diagnosed with a mood disorder increases by nearly two-thirds ... [Published Psych Central - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Bipolar Disorder, infections, Infection

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 9 reports

Autistic Brain Restricts Mother’s Voice Recognition

. According to Stanford University study, there is no special ring of human voice being attached to the autistic brain. It happens because the areas related to reward and emotional context are not well wired to its center of voice recognition.The findings ... [Published TopNews United States - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Voice Recognition, ENDEMIC, Stanford University

Quotes

...action improves the cognitive functions in patients with AD (Alzheimer's Disease)," wrote the authors of this earlier study in their Abstract. "Due to various effects of curcumin, such as decreased Beta-amyloid plaques, delayed degradation of neurons, metal-chelation, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and decreased microglia formation, the overall memory in patients with AD has improved."

Turmeric produces mind-blowing recovery from dementia symptoms, multiple case studies show [Published Natural News - 14 mins ago]

...causes of the social deficits in children with autism," Daniel Abrams, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University in California, said. "We think it has this important motivation and reward component to it."

Autism studies find links to air pollution, brain-wiring disconnect [Published Denver Post - 15 mins ago]

"Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately 1-in-3 Americans" Dr. Patrice Harris, an AMA board member, told the Times

AMA declares obesity a disease needing treatment [Published Individual.com - 49 mins ago]

Based on this, the team suggests that "a potentially promising phenotyping strategy for tracking risk mechanisms in bipolar disorder might lie in evaluating the co-occurrence of personality traits and cognitive dysfunction."

Cognitive psychosis impact extends to relatives [Published MedWire News - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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More MS genes found [Published Multiple Sclerosis Research - 45 mins ago] What has the genome still have to hide? #MSBlog #MSResearch Epub : International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium Network-Based Multiple Sclerosis Pathway Analysis with GWAS Data from 15,000 Cases and 30,000 Controls. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 May ...
Smoking..Still time to Stop! [Published Multiple Sclerosis Research - 1 hour ago] Manouchehrinia A, Tench CR, Maxted J, Bibani RH, Britton J, Constantinescu CS. Tobacco smoking and disability progression in multiple sclerosis: United Kingdom cohort study. Brain. 2013 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]Tobacco smoking has been linked to ...
Leukodystrophies: Classification, Diagnosis, an... [Published The Neurologist - Most Popular Articles - 2 hours ago] Background: The leukodystrophies are a heterogeneous group of diseases, which primarily affect white matter. Symptomatic patients are frequently misdiagnosed and the leukodystrophies are collectively under recognized. However, with ongoing research ...
Masturbating Fetuses...The Pleasure They Won't ... [Published Daily Kos - 6 hours ago] Even if fetuses could masturbate at 15 weeks, they won't be feeling too much pleasure, actually, they won't be feeling any pleasure. I can't cite any studies about fetuses being able to feel pleasure. (I'm not sure if any have been done.) I can cite studies ...
Scientists Endure Hours of Sean Connery Impress... [Published Gawker - 9 hours ago] With the noble goal of elevating the subtleties of speech, a group of scientists at the Royal Holloway University in London endured an awful task. They studied "non-professional impersonators" doing their best impressions. The scientists looked at fMRI ...

Audio/Video

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Scientists make brains invisible [Published CNN.com - Video - Jun 13 2013]
The Distracted Brain and Driving [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - Jun 13 2013]
Brain Games: Can you outsmart these puzzles? [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Jun 12 2013]
Computer games could treat brain disorders [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jun 09 2013]
Alzheimers research on his life's work [Published CNN.com - Video - Jun 07 2013]

Press Releases

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