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Exercise beats genetics in determining amount of body fat
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/tnam-ebg051618.php


Older adults in England with fewer financial resources are more likely to develop dementia, according to new UCL research.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/ucl-mda051418.php


The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according to a new Vanderbilt-led study published today in Pediatrics.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/vumc-ssi051418.php


While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agree that sugar-sweetened beverages play a unique role in chronic health problems. The disease risk increases even when the beverages are consumed within diets that do not result in weight gain.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoc--scm051518.php


Researchers in Germany have discovered that colon cancers are often resistant to existing drug treatments because they are composed of two different cell types that can replace each other when one cell type is killed. The study, which will be published May 16 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that combination therapies targeting both cell types at once may be more effective at treating colorectal cancer, the third highest cause of cancer-related death in the United States.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/rup-cts050918.php


People who eat a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, nuts and fish may have bigger brains … People with greater brain volume have been shown in other studies to have better cognitive abilities
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/aaon-foa051018.php


There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately 10 percent of the population. Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now proven that special treatment could help many sufferers, especially women.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoe-nhf051418.php


Six years of exercise -- or lack of it -- may be enough to change heart failure risk
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/jhm-syo051418.php


Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with certain complex thinking and memory skills after exergaming, according to a new study
exergames (video games that also require physical exercise)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uc-mia051418.php


Mortality rates were higher during the 9 months of military liberation of Mosul, Iraq, than during the 29 months of exclusive Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) control, according to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine.
[It's possible that mortality rates will ultimately be less than permanent contral by ISIS.]
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/p-hcm050818.php


Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, (cystitis), leads to longer duration of symptoms and more serious adverse events related to the spread of the primary infection, according to a new study in PLOS Medicine by Ingvild Vik and colleagues from the University of Oslo, Norway.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/p-atf050818.php


An energy dense diet changes the brain and increases urge to eat
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cafn-aed050918.php


Reducing cholesterol could enhance T-cell cancer immunotherapy
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cc-rcc051618.php


In the Arctic, the Old Ice Is Disappearing
In the Arctic Ocean, some ice stays frozen year-round, lasting for many years before melting. But this winter, the region hit a record low for ice older than five years.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/14/climate/arctic-sea-ice.html


there is growing concern that as other countries adopt America’s love of air-conditioners, the electricity used to power them will overburden electrical grids and increase planet-warming emissions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/climate/air-conditioning.html


Dismal Western Snowpack Is a Climate "Warning Sign"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dismal-western-snowpack-is-a-climate-warning-sign/


Blooms of harmful algae in the nation's waters appear to be occurring much more frequently than in the past, increasing suspicions that the warming climate may be exacerbating the problem.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15052018/algae-blooms-climate-change-methane-emissions-data-agriculture-nutrient-runoff-fertilizer-sewage-pollution-lake-erie


Is Trump's decision to name Jerusalem the capital of Israel designed to provoke an attack on the U.S. that he thinks would allow him to increase his powers and increase his chances of winning a second term? Or is he just too dumb to anticipate the consequences?


Why Trump's new CDC director is an abysmal choice
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/13/opinions/trumps-terrible-choice-for-cdc-redfield-garrett/index.html


At least 80 people have died as powerful storms swept through northern India, demolishing houses, uprooting trees as winds turned the skies brown with dust and sand, officials said Monday. More storms are expected in the region this week.
Less than two weeks ago, similar storms caused 134 deaths and injured another 400. The extreme weather comes amid withering summer heat and approaching monsoon rains.
https://www.wunderground.com/news/2018-05-14-india-storm-deaths?cm_ven=hp-slot-3


Body clock linked to mood disorders
[From my own experience, I would say that at least part of the reason is that lack of sufficient sleep.]
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44113414