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(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) In a discovery that counters prevailing thought, a study in mice has found that inactivating a pair of key genes involved in "fat-burning" can actually increase energy expenditure and help lower diet-induced obesity.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If people who have had a stroke can be got out of bed and walking within 24 hours, their psychological well-being is likely to improve, according to an Australian study.
LONDON (Reuters) - Genetic tests could in future show who will respond best to Genentech and Roche's blockbuster cancer drug Avastin -- a positive development for patients but not necessarily for sales.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acute stomach infections may increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, investigators report.
(Research Australia) More money and effort needs to be directed to understanding the causes and treatment of mental disorders to ensure improvements in the health of the community and the one in five people that experience mental illness in any one year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - US children are substantially more likely to be prescribed drugs for mental conditions than their peers in the Netherlands and Germany, new research shows.
(Vanderbilt University) Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a
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A top government health official rejected the idea of an immediate ban on cough and cold medicines for young children, saying it might cause unintended harm.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have pinpointed three genes related to the high blood levels of uric acid that cause gout in a step that could help identify people at special risk for this common and painful type of arthritis.
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