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By Nanci Hellmich Some obese children and adults who eat excessively may be missing a gene for a brain chemical involved in controlling appetite, according to a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Low levels of the chemical are also linked to long-term memory loss and difficulties in sensing pain. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health examined 33 children and adults with a rare condition in which groups of genes have been deleted. Called WAGR syndrome, the...
In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders."Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent years studying the effects of food, exercise and sleep on the brain. "Diet, exercise and sleep have the potential to alter our brain health and mental...
By Karla GaleSAN DIEGO - Daily testosterone treatment of men with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) -- the most common form of the disease in which symptoms wax and wane -- appears to be neuroprotective while improving their brain function. That's according to research presented this week at the American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting here."Men are less likely to get MS, and they tend to be older when they do," presenter Dr. Nancy Sicotte told Reuters Health....
