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Tech News Watch - Jun 17, 2008
People can lose weight by flavoring their food with calorie-free seasonings and sweeteners, which may make them feel full faster and decrease their consumption, according to a new study. The results will be presented …
Also tagged: weight loss, flavor, taste, endocrine
Tech News Watch - Jun 16, 2008
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems. The team from the Randall Division of Cell & …
Also tagged: allergies, allergy, allergy relief
Tech News Watch - Jun 13, 2008
For the first time, UCLA researchers have discovered that people with sleep apnea show tissue loss in brain regions that help store memory. Reported in the June 27 edition of the journal Neuroscience Letters, the …
Also tagged: sleep apnea, sleep disorder, sleep studies
Tech News Watch - Jun 13, 2008
A cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia delivered via the Internet can significantly improve insomnia in adults, according to a research abstract presented on Wednesday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting …
Also tagged: insomnia, sleep disorder, sleep studies
Tech News Watch - Jun 11, 2008
Mammals have two types of light-sensitive detectors in the retina. Known as rod and cone cells, they are both necessary to picture their environment. However, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies …
Also tagged: sleep disorder, circadian clock
Tech News Watch - Jun 5, 2008
A properly supervised trial eliminating colours and preservatives from the diet of hyperactive children should considered a part of the standard treatment, says an editorial in this week’s BMJ. Although a substantial …
Also tagged: adhd, add, hyperactive, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Tech News Watch - Jun 4, 2008
A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Inserm U848, France, as a result of their work in a …
Also tagged: vision loss, retinal detachment
Tech News Watch - Jun 4, 2008
New research by the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has revealed the genetic determinants of fat storage in cells, which may lead to a new …
Also tagged: diabetes, obesity, heart disease, weight loss, lipids, fat storage
Tech News Watch - May 31, 2008
A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say researchers from the Mayo Clinic …
Also tagged: virtual biopsy
Tech News Watch - May 30, 2008
Over the last 30 years, the number of smokers in the U.S. has steadily decreased — a tribute to the efforts of public-health workers everywhere. And while this fact is unarguable, less obvious are the social and …
Also tagged: society, smoking, smoking cessation, quitting smoking