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Changing texture can make bread taste salty even if salt content is reduced, say scientists

Want to make bread taste pleasantly salty without adding more salt? Change the bread's texture so it is less dense, say scientists. They report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that simply making the pores, or holes, larger can make people perceive bread as having saltier taste.

21 Nov 2013

Released prisoners with schizophrenia three times more likely to be violent than other prisoners

New research from Queen Mary University of London shows released prisoners with schizophrenia are three times more likely to be violent than other prisoners, but only if they receive no treatment or follow-up support from mental health services.

21 Nov 2013

Predicting a person's tall stature from DNA is feasible, shows new study

Predicting adult body height from genetic data is helpful in several areas such as pediatric endocrinology and forensic investigations. However, despite large international efforts to catalogue the genes that influence the stature of humans, knowledge on genetic determinants of adult body height is still incomplete. Now DNA-based prediction of taller-than-average body height is feasible, as reported by researchers from the Netherlands and Sweden in an article published in Springer's journal Human Genetics

21 Nov 2013

Smokers who quit faster may be able to lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related deaths

Cigarette smokers who are over 65 years of age may be able to lower their risk of cardiovascular disease-related deaths to the level of never-smokers when they quit faster than previously reported, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2013.

21 Nov 2013

Findings show how cancer and aging are tightly interconnected

Researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have found that epigenetic changes to DNA are associated with aging in disease-free breast tissues and are further altered in breast tumors. Epigenetic changes describe heritable alterations caused by mechanisms other than by changes in DNA sequence. The discovery, published in the February 2014 issue of Epigenetics, illustrates how cancer and aging are tightly interconnected processes by identifying epigenetic alterations present in the normal aging breast that may increase disease risk in cancer-free individuals.

21 Nov 2013

Research reveals positive aspects of working life support higher levels of wellbeing

Research from Queen Mary University of London reveals positive aspects of working life - such as high levels of control at work, good support from supervisors and colleagues, and feeling cared for - support higher levels of wellbeing among Britain's workers.

21 Nov 2013

Researchers discover new human enzyme that facilitates DNA repair during DNA copying process

Every day, the human body produces new cells to regenerate tissues and repair those that have suffered injury. Each time this happens, the cells make copies of their DNA that they will pass on to the resulting daughter cells. This process of copying the DNA, also called replication, is very delicate, given that it can generate severe alterations in the DNA that are associated with malignant transformation or ageing.

21 Nov 2013

Study finds high rate of anisometropia in older adults

Follow-up in older adults shows a high rate of anisometropia, or differing levels of visual abnormalities between eyes, reports a study in Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

21 Nov 2013

Study identifies possible link between orthostatic hypotension and atrial fibrillation

Results of a Johns Hopkins-led study have identified a possible link between a history of sudden drops in blood pressure and the most common form of irregular heartbeat.

21 Nov 2013

Ability to learn foreign speech reveals in brain activity

A new study by University of Houston (UH) researchers may lead to dramatic changes in the way language is taught and learned - especially a second language.

21 Nov 2013

People who consume nuts daily are 20% less likely to die

In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn't consume nuts, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

21 Nov 2013

Women under 50 more likely to experience mental stress-induced ischemia

Researchers have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart (myocardial ischemia) in response to psychological stress.

21 Nov 2013

Research: Introducing solid food with breast milk could reduce food allergies in babies

Introducing solid food with breast milk after the 17th week of birth could reduce food allergies in babies, according to University of Southampton research.

20 Nov 2013

Researchers associate some insomnia symptoms with higher mortality risk in men

Insomnia, the most common sleep disorder, affects up to one-third of the population in the United States. In new findings, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that some insomnia symptoms are associated with an increased risk of mortality in men.

20 Nov 2013

Caffeine in coffee may help small blood vessels work better

The caffeine in a cup of coffee might help your small blood vessels work better, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2013.

20 Nov 2013

Asthma prolongs time to pregnancy

Research shows that women with asthma take longer to conceive than women without the condition, an effect that grows stronger with age.

20 Nov 2013

Childhood social functioning predicts schizophrenia risk

Poor social functioning in childhood predicts an increased risk for schizophrenia later in life, suggest researchers.

20 Nov 2013

Cognition and illness course predict bipolar employment

Patients with bipolar disorder are more likely to be successfully employed if they have good cognitive function and a more benign course of illness, suggest findings from a meta-analysis.

20 Nov 2013

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

What we are trying to do is take a cancer model like the PDX model (patient-derived tumor xenograft), which is a human-derived cancer growing in an in vivo model and apply radiation to that model.

From Xstrahl 20 Nov 2013

Parkinson's Institute, Population Diagnostics discover new genes relevant to Parkinson's disease

The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center announced today that they, in partnership with Population Diagnostics, Inc., have discovered a number of new genes relevant to the cause of Parkinson's disease.

20 Nov 2013

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Changing texture can make bread taste salty even if salt content is reduced, say scientists

Released prisoners with schizophrenia three times more likely to be violent than other prisoners

Predicting a person's tall stature from DNA is feasible, shows new study

Smokers who quit faster may be able to lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related deaths

Findings show how cancer and aging are tightly interconnected

Research reveals positive aspects of working life support higher levels of wellbeing

Researchers discover new human enzyme that facilitates DNA repair during DNA copying process

Study finds high rate of anisometropia in older adults

Study identifies possible link between orthostatic hypotension and atrial fibrillation

Ability to learn foreign speech reveals in brain activity

People who consume nuts daily are 20% less likely to die

Women under 50 more likely to experience mental stress-induced ischemia

Research: Introducing solid food with breast milk could reduce food allergies in babies

Researchers associate some insomnia symptoms with higher mortality risk in men

Caffeine in coffee may help small blood vessels work better

Asthma prolongs time to pregnancy

Childhood social functioning predicts schizophrenia risk

Cognition and illness course predict bipolar employment

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

Parkinson's Institute, Population Diagnostics discover new genes relevant to Parkinson's disease

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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