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- As girth grows, risk of sudden cardiac death shrinks
- Therapeutics for trauma patients may not be effective if infection is present
- Robot teaches stroke survivors
- Family mealtimes help children with asthma breathe easier, study says
- Monkeys choose variety for variety's sake
- Babies are born to dance, new research shows
- Today's youth aren't 'ego-driven slackers' after all
- Fruit flies and test tubes open new window on Alzheimer's disease
- Exploring status quo bias in the human brain
- Trauma of war doubles asthma risk among civilians
- Neuroimaging study describes Alzheimer's disease-like changes in elderly people without the disease
- Researchers uncover new data about protein function in Joubert syndrome
- Young Britons see significantly more smoking in movies than US peers
- Depression: Antidepressants beneficial in physically ill patients
- Brain abnormalities identified that result from prenatal methamphetamine exposure
- Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit according to scientists
- Smoking, but not past alcohol abuse, may impair mental function, study suggests
- Crowded houses: Why our peripheral vision may not be as random as we think
- Better genetic test for autism? Chromosomal microarray analysis picks up more abnormalities than current tests
- Confidence is key to gauging impressions we make
- Unlocking the opium poppy's biggest secret: Genes that make codeine, morphine
- Body's anticipation of a meal can be a diabetes risk factor
- New insight on how fast nicotine peaks in the brain
- Psychopaths' brains wired to seek rewards, no matter the consequences
- One-page questionnaire is effective screening tool for common psychiatric disorders
- Brain plaques may explain higher risk of Alzheimer's based on mom's history
- Level of gene alters risk of Alzheimer's disease, researchers find
- Memory for visual scenes is enhanced when events occur at behaviorally relevant times
- Simple, low-cost steps enhance adolescents' health
- New teaching tools aid visually impaired students in learning math
- Possible new drug target for head and neck cancers
- Curriculum on unhealthy substance use recommended for internal medicine residents
- Environment may impact apes' ability to understand declarative communication, study suggests
- Underpriveleged patients not as likely to be referred to specialty hospitals for brain tumors
- Guideline issued for treating sleep, constipation, sexual problems in Parkinson's disease
- People will forgo luxury for green products when status is on mind, researcher finds
- For better romantic relationships, be true to yourself
- Mechanomyography to be accurate in detecting nerves during minimally invasive spine surgery, study suggests
- A magical way to move kids: Researcher uses magic tricks to treat children with locomotor disabilities
- Why do sexually experienced girls resume sexual activity after abstinence?
- Why surprises temporarily blind us
- 12 year olds more likely to use potentially deadly inhalants than cigarettes or marijuana
- Was the recent US stock market drop accompanied by more heart attacks?
- New insight into brain's decision-making process
- Brain tumor's 'grow-or-go' switch discovered
- Best treatment for childhood epilepsy suggested by new research
- Different signal paths for spontaneous and deliberate activation of memories
- First direct evidence of neuroplastic changes following brainwave training