Am I the world's biggest asshole for thinking "tell me something that I don't know" when I read about eating disorders? More »
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In a perspective piece appearing today in the journal Science, researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) point to a newly discovered system by which the brain removes waste as a potentially powerful new tool to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
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"There is an unspoken competitiveness between dancers," Couldn't that be the tagline for 2008's camp psych-thriller Black Swan? Unfortunately it's part of the real-life ballerina experience... More »
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"We spend about a third of our life sleeping. If our sleep is not normal, our brain cannot function normally either," ENS President Prof Claudio L. Bassetti (Bern University Hospital) emphasised at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Barcelona. About 3,000 experts from...
The DSM-V includes ample new psychiatric diagnoses, including binge eating disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, female sexual arousal disorder, breathing-related sleep disorders (such as sleep apnea), rapid eye movement disorder and restless leg syndrome. More »
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A new “alternative model” included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM -5) lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis of personality disorder, according to a study in the May Journal of...
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the journal...
Two studies led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College shed light on the molecular biology of three blood disorders, leading to novel strategies to treat these diseases. The two new studies -- one published online by Nature Medicine and the other in the online edition of the Journal...
A new study from the UK shows 1 in 14 pregnant women were found to have an eating disorder. Pretty shocking and sad, right? This is a prime example of how far our culture has to go in terms of supporting women through the complicated journey of pregnancy. More »
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified a specific group of cells in the brainstem whose activation during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is critical for the regulation of emotional memory processing. The findings, published in the Journal...
New findings published in Pediatrics (Epub ahead of print) by the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism and Related Disorders reveal that 70 percent of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who have a history of severe language delay, achieved phrase or fluent speech by age...
Each week on That Girl we celebrate inspirational female athletes. This week, we are proud to feature Jill MIller, a yoga and core fitness instructor and studio owner who says she is*proud of herself for facing her "own body dysmorphia and healing from two of the deadliest diseases known to...
Now, scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have looked into the origin of Tregs and uncovered a central role played by the protein IkBNS. Armed with this knowledge, the researchers hope to manipulate Tregs in order to either inhibit or activate the immune system...
VIB researchers from UGent and Vrije Universiteit Brussel , together with a team of the firm Oxyrane have developed a new technology that can lead to a more efficient and possibly also cheaper therapy for diseases such as Pompe disease. Oxyrane will now start developing a clinical program for...
Insomnia and sleep apnoea are turning us into major health service consumers, causing us to be less productive at work, and may even lead to serious accidents. If you can't sleep at night, you're not alone. Around ten per cent of the population suffer from insomnia, where you have trouble...
When the era of regenerative medicine dawned more than three decades ago, the potential to replenish populations of cells destroyed by disease was seen by many as the next medical revolution. However, what followed turned out not to be a sprint to the clinic, but rather a long tedious slog...
Three studies conducted as part of Wayne State University's Systems Biology of Epilepsy Project (SBEP) could result in new types of treatment for the disease and, as a bonus, for behavioral disorders as well. The SBEP started out with funds from the President's Research Enhancement Fund and...
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University working with a team at Oxford University have uncovered the genetic defect underlying a group of rare genetic disorders. Using a new technique that has revolutionized genetic studies, the teams...
Last week, New York Fashion Week pushed dangerous dieting back into the spotlight*as models, industry folks, and everyday women found themselves triggered into disordered eating behavior by the fashion industry's obsession with thinness. Because, in spite of vague promises to be "ambassadors for...