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·March 22, 2023·6 min read

Multiple Substance Use Disorders May Share Inherited Genetic Signature

A common genetic signature has been linked to an increased risk of substance use disorders from smoking addiction to addiction to narcotics. The findings could pave the way to the development of new therapies for substance use disorder and may help diagnose those at risk to multiple substance use disorders.

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·March 22, 2023·3 min read

Sweets Change Our Brain: Why Sweet Foods Are Irresistible

Consuming high-fat and high-sugar foods causes changes in activity and connectivity in the brain's dopaminergic system, resulting in a stronger preference for these foods.

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·March 22, 2023·2 min read

Are There Sex-Based Differences in Brain Development During Early Childhood?

Researchers found sex differences and developmental changes in the brain's white matter in infants and five-year-old children.

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·March 22, 2023·3 min read

Turn Up Your Favorite Song to Improve Medication Efficacy

Listening to music may help boost the beneficial effects of medicine while helping to reduce some of the side effects. Cancer patients who listened to their favorite music while experiencing chemotherapy-related nausea reported a decrease in nausea severity and stress.

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·March 22, 2023·4 min read

Obesity Risk May Pass From Mothers to Daughters

Girls born to mothers with obesity may be at increased risk of becoming obese themselves, a new study reveals.

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·March 21, 2023·4 min read

Novel Drug Makes Mice Skinny Even on Sugary, Fatty Diet

Researchers have developed a new molecule that limits magnesium transport in mitochondria. The drug prevents weight gain and liver damage in mice who were fed a high-sugar, Western-style diet since birth. After exposure to the molecule, overweight mice started to lose weight.

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·March 21, 2023·4 min read

Wearable Microscopes Advance Spinal Cord Imaging in Mice

A newly invented wearable microscope produces high-definition and real-time images of neurons and activity in the mouse spinal cord in previously inaccessible regions.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

To Ward off Aging, Stem Cells Must Take Out the Trash

Blood stem cells use an unexpected method to remove misfolded proteins, and the pathway's activity declines with age. However, boosting the aggrephagy pathway could help prevent age-related diseases.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Strong Child-Parent Relationships Lead to Better Long-Term Health Outcomes in Young Adults

Children and adolescents who report having a strong relationship with their parents have better long-term health outcomes, a new study reports.

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

Machine Learning Programs Predict Risk of Death Based on Results From Routine Hospital Tests

Using ECG data, a new machine learning algorithm was able to predict death within 5 years of a patient being admitted to hospital with 87% accuracy. The AI was able to sort patients into 5 categories ranging from low to high risk of death.

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

Newborn Babies’ Brains Reveal New Insights in Child Development

Researchers found the presence of numerous brain asymmetries in brain areas associated with language and visual tasks like facial recognition in newborns. They also discovered the asymmetries in preterm babies were the same as in those born to term. The findings suggest brain asymmetry may be hard-wired and critical for later brain development.