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St. Joseph’s receives Canada’s first whole-body PET/MRI scanner

February 7, 2012
(Lawson Health Research Institute) Today, Lawson Health Research Institute is receiving a new hybrid imaging scanner that combines magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. The 10-ton state-of-the-art piece of equipment is being lifted by crane and lowered into its new home this afternoon. The Biograph mMR, manufactured by Siemens, ...

Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later On

February 7, 2012
A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to ...

Study to determine how body weight, hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood

February 4, 2012
Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood.

Shane Ross garners CAREER Award to advance understanding of fluid flows from blood inside the body to oil spills in bodies of water

February 1, 2012
In engineering, a dynamical system has a multitude of meanings. Fluid flow in the human body is considered to be such a system, as well as pollution and pathogens that travel through the air. In fact, atmospheric and aquatic environments provide a dynamical system for a plethora of ...

Body image not always a drag on women’s wellbeing

January 31, 2012
Deakin University psychology researchers have found that body image isn't always a negative experience for women.

Pleasurability of scratching for itch relief is related to body location

January 30, 2012
New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related to the itch's location.

New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes

January 30, 2012
A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. The findings should ...

Study finds link between body clock hormone melatonin, type 2 diabetes

January 30, 2012
A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

Genetic study links body clock receptor to diabetes

January 29, 2012
A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

Body clock receptor linked to diabetes in new genetic study

January 29, 2012
A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. ...

Body clock receptor linked to diabetes in new genetic study

January 29, 2012
(Imperial College London) A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and Type 2 diabetes.

Body location plays part in scratching pleasure

January 27, 2012
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Jan. 27, 2012 An itch is just an itch. Or is it? New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related ...