Author name: Payal Gupta

Diabetic Pregnant Women At Higher Risk Of Heart Disease

Women with a history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) are at a higher risk of developing calcium in heart arteries which may develop into full-blown heart disease. This condition can occur even if the woman had normal blood sugar levels after pregnancy. According to recent research published in the Circulation, this is a flagship …

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Inside The Decision-Making Process

Scientists are starting to dig deeper into exactly what happens during decision-making. This is the subject of a recent study published by Stanford University researchers on Jan. 20 in Nature. The scientists studied the process of decision-making and how cognitive deliberations are manifested in neural activity. A group of scientists has designed a system that they …

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Children Rely More On Auditory Stimuli Than Visual Stimuli To Make Emotional Judgments

Children’s emotions are determined more by what they hear than what they see. This is according to the latest study by the Durham University’s Department of Psychology. The research findings, which were published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, found that children overwhelmingly prioritized what they hear to determine their emotions instead of adults …

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Study Finds That Goof Mental Health Can Prevent Sudden death From Genetic Heart Disease

A new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has indicated that emotional stress promotes symptoms of a genetic disease that results in irregular heartbeats that can cause sudden death. The researchers studied mice modeling of the disease and established that stress tends to worsen the disease’s progression. Good mental health helps avoid triggering symptoms of …

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The Brain Of Overweight Individuals Functions Differently in Response To Food, Study Finds

For years a Mind, Brain, and Behaviour Research Center research group at the University of Granada studied the excess weight issue from a neuroscientific perspective to establish the precise role the brain plays. The study was examining the functional connectivity in adolescents’ brains and connection with diet and weight loss in obese adolescents. A new …

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You Can Detect Thyroid Tumor Through Singing, Research Finds

A new study has demonstrated that singing could be the next-generation non-invasive approach to detecting thyroid tumors. Usually, when looking to detect tumor presence in the thyroid, a fine needle is used, but this method only detects around 5% of thyroid tumors in children and younger women. Researchers find a non-invasive thyroid tumor detection technique …

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Tissue Stiffness Is A Driver Of Immune Response In Most Chronic Diseases, Research Shows

Tissues stiffness results in tension in body cells, and researchers have established that stiffness can affect the innate immune system by increasing its metabolisms. A team of researchers from Stanford University, University Health Network (University of Toronto), University of Alberta, and Buck Institute has found that cellular tensions can set off an inflammatory loop contributing …

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Consuming An Extra Coffee Cup Associated with Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk

According to pooled data analysis published in the BMJ Open journal, taking several coffee cups daily could lower prostate cancer development. Prostate cancer has been on the increase The findings indicate that taking additional cups of coffee daily can reduce the relative risk of prostate cancer by 1%. Currently, prostate cancer is the second most …

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Interparental Conflict among Divorced or Separated Parents Increases Mental Health Problems Risk In Children

A new Arizona State University Research and Education Advancing Children’s Health (REACH) Institute’s study has established that conflict between separated or divorced parents can increase children’s chances of developing mental and physical health problems. Interparental conflict contributes to fear of abandonment in Children The study found that children usually fear abandonment when their separated or …

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