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Opioids treatment ups pain sensitivity

Opioids treatment ups pain sensitivityWashington, Mar 19: An Australian

Overweight parents more likely to misperceive their kids’ weights

Overweight parents more likely to misperceive their kids’ weightsWashington, Mar 19: A new study has shown that parents are likely to misperceive their child’s weight – especially those parents who are overweight themselves.

Looking at several studies that examine parental perceptions of childhood obesity generated from the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, and the United States, Jessica Doolen, MSN, FNP, Patricia T. Alpert, DrPH, APN, FAANP, and Sally K. Miller, PhD, APN, FAANP, found that parents were more likely to misperceive their child’s weight, regardless of the child’s age.

Longer bouts of exercise may keep childhood obesity at bay

Longer bouts of exercise may keep childhood obesity at bayWashington, Mar 19: Queen’s University researchers have found that kids who exercise in bouts of activity lasting five minutes or longer are less likely to become obese than those whose activity levels are more sporadic and typically last less than five minutes each.

Unrelenting smokers experience higher levels of pain from lung cancer

Unrelenting smokers experience higher levels of pain from lung cancerWashington, Mar 19: A new study has revealed that smokers who refuse to quit the habit despite being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than non-smokers and former smokers.

Researchers at Duke University surveyed some 900 lung cancer patients and classified 17 percent of them as persistent smokers.

The aim of the study was to assess the relationship of smoking status after a diagnosis of lung cancer with ratings of usual pain.

Why Alzheimer''s patients tend to develop epilepsy

Why Alzheimer''s patients tend to develop epilepsyLondon, Mar 19 : An international team of scientists have found out why Alzheimer''s disease sufferers go on to develop epilepsy.

Led by scientists at Aberdeen University in Scotland, the research team have discovered that a protein in the brain accumulates in clumps in the brains of people suffering from dementia.

The clumps of proteins make the nerve cells too sensitive, which in turn lose their ability to communicate coherently with other nerve cells.

Lab-on-a-Chip may help study how cancer cells detach from neighbouring tissue to spread disease

Lab-on-a-Chip may help study how cancer cells detach from neighbouring tissue to spread diseaseLondon, March 19: Johns Hopkins engineers say that they have developed a new lab-on-a-chip that can lead to better cancer therapies.

The researchers say that their invention may help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighbouring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body.

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