Why a high-fat diet could reduce the brain's ability to regulate food intake

Regularly eating a high-fat/calorie diet could reduce the brain's ability to regulate calorie intake. New research in rats published in The Journal of Physiology has found that after short periods of being fed a high-fat/high calorie diet, the brain adapts to react to what is being ingested and reduces the amount of food eaten to balance calorie intake.

Pioneering approach advances study of CTCF protein in transcription biology

CTCF is a critical protein known to play various roles in key biological processes such as transcription. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have used a next-generation protein degradation technology to study CTCF. Their work revealed the superiority of the approach in addition to providing functional insights into how CTCF regulates transcription. The study, published today in Genome Biology, paves the way for more clear, nuanced studies of CTCF.

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Preeclampsia in mothers linked with four-fold higher risk of heart attack in decade after childbirth

Women with preeclampsia develop a higher likelihood of heart attack and stroke than their peers within just seven years of delivery, with risks remaining elevated more than 20 years later. The study of more than one million pregnant women is published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Gambling advertising restrictions could reduce harm, says study

Gambling advertising restriction could reduce related harms, especially on vulnerable individuals, a new review of the evidence has shown.

Researchers solve an 80-year-old medical mystery that caused baby deaths

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have solved an 80-year-old medical mystery of the cause of kidney damage in children, which can be fatal in babies.

Healthy lifestyle linked to slower memory decline in older adults

A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, finds a decade-long study of older adults in China, published today in The BMJ.

Research reveals protein plaques associated with Alzheimer's are stickier than thought

Scientists from Rice University are using fluorescence lifetime to shed new light on a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates will affect nearly 14 million people in the U.S. by 2060.

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