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Sep 04, 2013 08:16 AM EDT

Children's Genetics Affect How They're Parented: Nature and Nurture

Raising a child can be one of the hardest things you can do in your life. Now, scientists have discovered something new about raising a child. It turns out that children's genetics significantly affect how they are parented.

Sep 04, 2013 08:17 AM EDT

Young Adults are at a Higher Risk For Strokes

Fifteen percent of the most common types of strokes are seen in young adults and adolescents and they are showing more risk factors for such strokes, according to a novel finding

Sep 04, 2013 07:48 AM EDT

Researchers Identify New Drugs to Treat Parkinson's Disease

In a ground breaking research, the first of its kind, experts from Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience have identified new drugs that slow the growth of Parkinson's disease.

Sep 04, 2013 07:37 AM EDT

Two New Jersey Senior Residents Succumb to West Nile Virus

Two New Jersey senior residents have died due to complications related to West Nile Virus, while six other New Jersey residents have tested positive for WNV, according to the latest announcement from the Department of Health.

Sep 04, 2013 06:36 AM EDT

Every Brisk Minute Linked to Lower Risk of Obesity: Study

Brief episodes of higher intensity physical activity can help in preventing unwanted weight gain which is similar to the positive effect on weight offered by the current recommendation of 10 or more minutes at a time.

Sep 04, 2013 03:22 AM EDT

CDC: 1 in 4 Deaths Related to Cardiovascular Disease Can be Prevented

More than a quarter of deaths from stroke and heart diseases that occur every year in the United States can be prevented, according to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sep 03, 2013 06:34 PM EDT

Psychopathy Research Ripe for Discovery With High-Throughput Computing

Modern day portrayals characterize psychopaths as one in a million – a bad apple in the bunch of humanity, but incident rates prove otherwise. Psychopathy affects nearly 20% of adult prison inmates in the US. For society at large, the costs of this single issue are between $200 and $400 billion do...

Sep 03, 2013 05:41 PM EDT

Study Shows Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Care

A recent study shows that poor and aging black Americans may have less luck than other races when it comes to care in the nursing home.

Sep 03, 2013 05:19 PM EDT

Antibody can Isolate Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood

A recent study shows that a new recombinant antibody may be able to detect and isolate mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) via a nonembryonic source of stem cells with promising applications in tissue engineering, blood stem cell transplantation and treatments for immune-mediated disorders.

Sep 03, 2013 04:09 PM EDT

Scientists Discover New Seizure Disorder Drug with the Help of Zebrafish

Researchers may have come across a new drug to treat epilepsy thanks to the help of the zebrafish. More specifically, this type of fish may be carrying a specific mutation that researchers found could help treat Drave syndrome (DS), a severe form of pediatric seizure disorder that results in drug-re...

Sep 03, 2013 04:30 PM EDT

The Origins of Tuberculosis: Now Predicted from Humans, 70,000 Years Ago

Scientists now believe that the origins of tuberculosis, a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs, can be tracked down to even before the Neolithic period. According to researchers, findings suggest that it first began to domesticate livestock and build urban centers wh...

Sep 03, 2013 02:10 PM EDT

Language and Tool-Making Evolved at the Same Time in Human History

What do language and tools have in common? Quite a lot, apparently. Researchers have discovered that the same brain activity found for language production is also associated with making complex tools. It's very possible that both tool-making and language skills evolved at the same time.