Medical research

Newborn :: New newborn screening technology revives old controversies

In 1961, Robert Guthrie developed a method to test newborns for phenylketonuria, or PKU ? a genetic disorder that prevents the body from processing a protein found in almost all food, causing severe mental retardation.

Schizophrenia :: Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia

Scientists have provided new insight into how a gene is related to schizophrenia. In a study to be published in the August 17 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Amanda J. Law, Medical Research Council Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with colleagues at NIH describe for the first time a genetic variation that causes a gene to be overexpressed in the human brain. These results may provide a new way to design better drugs to treat schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia :: Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia

Love :: Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love

Women see ?masculine? men as unsuitable long-term partners, new research suggests. Conversely, the psychologists from Durham and St Andrews Universities found that men with feminine facial features are seen as more committed and less likely to cheat on their partners.

Coffee & caffeine may protect memory in older women

Drinking more than three cups of coffee (or the equivalent in tea) per day or caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dementia :: In women, caffeine may protect memory, thinking skills

Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Depression :: High pressure jobs linked to depression and anxiety

New research has shown that work-related stress is a cause of clinical depression and anxiety among young adults. In a study of almost 900 32-year olds, 14 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men experiencing stress at work – and with no prior mental health problems – had a first episode of depression or anxiety at age 32.

Newborn :: New newborn screening technology revives old controversies

Schizophrenia :: Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia

Schizophrenia :: Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia

Love :: Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love

Coffee & caffeine may protect memory in older women

Dementia :: In women, caffeine may protect memory, thinking skills

Depression :: High pressure jobs linked to depression and anxiety

Eye :: Fish eyes could hold clue to repairing damaged retinas in humans

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