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Can’t stop putting your hand in the candy dish? Scientists may have found why

29.10.2019 Health Problems

A national team of scientists has identified a circuit in the brain that appears to be associated with psychiatric disorders ranging from overeating to gambling, drug abuse and even Parkinson’s disease. “We discovered the brain connections that keep impulsivity in check,” said Scott Kanoski, a neuroscientist and associate professor at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. “The key […]

Pete Wentz Doesn't 'Have all the Answers' Coparenting With Ashlee Simpson

29.10.2019 Kids Health

Pete Wentz has been raising his 10-year-old son, Bronx, with his ex-wife, Ashlee Simpson, since their 2011 divorce, but doesn’t “have all the answers” to coparenting. “Telling somebody what the key to [coparenting] is would be insane,” the Fall Out Boy member, 40, recently told Us Weekly exclusively at the Hard Rock Hotel Los Cabos grand opening. “I think it’s […]

New Mom Gifts That Have Nothing to Do With the Baby

29.10.2019 Kids Health

New moms — at least the lucky ones — are often drowning in baby gifts: onesies, pacifiers, swaddles, those blankets for posing the baby on and circling how many months old they are, you name it. These presents arrive in droves in the weeks before and after the baby does. And yes, all those gifts are wonderful and thoughtful and […]

Deep inside the brain: Mapping the dense neural networks in the cerebral cortex

25.10.2019 Health Problems

Mammalian brains, with their unmatched number of nerve cells and density of communication, are the most complex networks known. While methods to analyze neuronal networks sparsely have been available for decades, the dense mapping of neuronal circuits is a major scientific challenge. Researchers from the MPI for Brain Research have now conducted connectomic mapping of brain tissue from the cerebral […]

The first test to detect dysphagia in patients with cognitive problems

25.10.2019 Health Problems

Researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) of the University of Granada (UGR) have designed a test to detect dysphagia, a disorder that prevents people from swallowing when eating. It affects 8 percent of the world’s population. Dysphagia is prevalent among older people in particular (30 percent to 40 percent of the elderly people admitted to hospitals […]

Researchers learn how Ebola virus disables the body’s immune defenses

24.10.2019 Health Problems

A new study by researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can exert such catastrophic effects on the infected person. They’ve described for the first time how the virus disables T cells, an important line of immune defense, thus rendering the infected person less able to combat the infection. […]

The Best Outlet Covers for Cheap & Easy Baby-Proofing

23.10.2019 Kids Health

Your child is growing more curious by the day and once they get they become mobile, forget it: They’ll be crawling here and there, exploring everything and anything they can get their hands on — especially objects they really shouldn’t be touching. This is your cue that it’s time to baby-proof the house tenfold, which means making sure anything sharp […]

Retired? Hardly: At 99, this pioneering heart doctor still leading the way

18.10.2019 Health Problems

At 99 years old, most people are not engaging in complex research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Jeremiah Stamler is no ordinary person. The author and co-author of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and books, Stamler’s cutting-edge research into the cardiovascular health impact of lifestyle factors like diet, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure has been cited […]

Study looks at pediatric firearm-related eye injuries in the U.S.

18.10.2019 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—A quarter of all U.S. ocular firearm injuries occur within the pediatric population, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Rebecca Weiss, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, and colleagues used data collected from the National Trauma Data Bank to analyze firearm-related ocular injuries (1,972 injuries) for pediatric patients (younger than 21 […]

Putting the Kids First! Celebs Who Crush Coparenting

16.10.2019 Kids Health

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have different ideas about how to raise kids. But the former couple prioritize coparenting for the sake of their children Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. “You have to be on the same page. You have to cooperate,” the Batman actor explained to Today.com in November 2017. “If you recognize that you both have the best interest […]

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