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Neurotransmitters Defined

Chemicals that transfer messages from one nerve cell to another or from a nerve cell to a muscle cell

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Published July 4, 2008, 11:50 am, Science News

To fight off an infection or illness, the body shifts into a slow-down mode that mirrors some symptoms of depression. In fact, scientists now think the immune response itself may even cause the mood disorder.

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SIDS Linked to Brain Chemical Dysfunction

Published July 3, 2008, 1:01 pm, HealthDay via Yahoo! News

THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A malfunction in the regulation of the brain chemical serotonin may be at the root of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research suggests.

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LA Vida

Published July 3, 2008, 9:12 am, LA Weekly

It was the longest I’d gone without sex in more than a decade — six months. Having spent the past year trying not to die while recovering from an herbal abortion gone awry, I’d hardly noticed — I had barely enough energy to bathe, clothe and feed myself, let alone ponder getting off.

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Which Diet Drugs Can Help Me Lose Weight?

Published July 3, 2008, 7:38 am, The Tampa Tribune

Weight-loss medications are intended to supplement, not replace, healthy lifestyle choices.

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Increased Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis When Birth Weight Exceeds 10 Pounds

Published July 1, 2008, 8:17 am, Medical News Today

People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery online in advance of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

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Researchers Are First To Simulate The Binding Of Molecules To A Protein

Published July 1, 2008, 5:18 am, Medical News Today

You may not know what it is, but you burn more than your body weight of it every day. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a tiny molecule that packs a powerful punch, is the primary energy source for most of your cellular functions. Now researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a key step in the cellular recycling of ATP that allows your body to produce enough of it to survive.

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Being born over 10 pounds increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

Published June 30, 2008, 2:01 pm, News-Medical-Net

People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery online in advance of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. While the mechanism for this association is unclear, the study identifies ...

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Heavy birthweight increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

Published June 30, 2008, 1:26 am, EurekAlert!

New York, June 30, 2008– People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery online in advance of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases . While the mechanism for this association is ...

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Heavy Birthweight Increases Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published June 29, 2008, 5:25 pm, Science Daily

People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a new study. While the mechanism for this association is unclear, the study identifies a potentially modifiable risk factor and highlights a potential way to decrease the incidence of the disease.

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Newfound Mechanisms Could Bolster Understanding Of Brain Imaging, Aging's Effects

Published June 28, 2008, 1:16 pm, Medical News Today

New research from Harvard University neuroscientists has pinpointed exactly how neural activity boosts blood flow to the brain. The finding has important implications for our understanding of common brain imaging techniques such as fMRI, which uses blood flow in the brain as a proxy for neural activity. The research is described in the June 26 issue of the journal Neuron.

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