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- Living near major roads and the incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study - The LancetBackground Emerging evidence suggests that living near major roads might adversely affect cognition. However, little is known about its relationship with the incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis. We aimed to investigate...
- Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Response to the Global Obesity Crisison Jan 4, 2017 in artificial sweetenersSummary Points In March 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published revised guidelines on sugar intake that call on national governments to institute policies to reduce sugar intake and increase the scope for regulation of sugar-sweetened be...
- Sunlight offers surprise benefit -- it energizes infection fighting T cells | EurekAlert! Science NewsWe all know sunlight provides vitamin D, which is suggested to have an impact on immunity, among other things. But what we found is a completely separate role of sunlight on immunity," says the study's senior investigator, Gerard Ahern, PhD, associat...
- Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on α-synuclein aggregation and the ubiquitin-proteasome system in dopaminergic neurons. - PubMed - NCBIDopaminergic neurons (PC12 cells) were treated with different doses of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs), to investigate their effects on α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and their mechanism of action. Western blotting and immunofluorescent...
- Researchers add to evidence that common bacterial cause of gum disease may drive rheumatoid arthritis -- ScienceDailyIn a report on the work, published in the Dec. 14 edition of the journal Science Translational Medicine, the investigators say the common denominator they identified in periodontal disease (gum disease) and in many people with rheumatoid arthritis is...
- Using herpes drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s disease could become reality - Umeå University, Swedenon Dec 15, 2016 in Alzheimer's disease Herpes simplexUmeå University researchers, led by Hugo Lövheim at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Unit of Geriatric Medicine, have launched a clinical study investigating the effect of herpes drugs on Alzheimer’s disease.
- Molecular Psychiatry - Gestational vitamin D deficiency and autism-related traits: the Generation R Study There is intense interest in identifying modifiable risk factors associated with autism-spectrum disorders (ASD). Autism-related traits, which can be assessed in a continuous fashion, share risk factors with ASD, and thus can serve as informati...
- Chronology of Onset of Mental Disorders and Physical Diseases in Mental-Physical Comorbidity - A National Representative Survey of Adolescentson Dec 14, 2016 in mental illness physical diseasesBackground The objective was to estimate temporal associations between mental disorders and physical diseases in adolescents with mental-physical comorbidities. Methods This article bases upon weighted data (N = 6483) from the National Comor...
- Dad's exposure to phthalates in plastics may affect embryonic developmentA new study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, one of the first to investigate whether preconception exposures to phthalates in fathers has an effect on reproductive success via embryo qu...
- Increased burden of deleterious variants in essential genes in autism spectrum disorderAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous, highly heritable neurodevelopmental syndrome characterized by impaired social interaction, communication, and repetitive behavior. It is estimated that hundreds of genes contribute to ASD. We asked i...
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