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		<title>Itching Connected to Burning Pain by Same Nerve Cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you finding yourself itching your legs all too often? You’re already slathering on that lotion, but it doesn’t seem to help? Surprisingly, the same nerve cells that tell your brain that it’s time to itch also tell your brain that your body is experiencing burning pains. Klas Kullander, a professor in the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Deprivation Causing Enzyme Discovered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to researcher Robbert Havekes and his colleagues, there is hope for those suffering from constant sleep deprivation and the connected health effects, such as forgetfulness, memory problems and impaired learning. Havekes and his colleagues conducted a study in which mice were kept awake for five hours. The mice showed increased levels of the enzyme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/sleep-deprivation-causing-enzyme-discovered/</link>
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		<title>Risk for Childhood Obesity Starts in Pre-School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to John Spence, a behavioral scientist in the faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada, habits that lead to obesity develop at the pre-school age. Spence examined the connection with food and the relationship with body weight in 1730 children between the ages of four and five. Their parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Specific Brain Area Found Responsive for Rewards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to researchers from the Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive (Cognitive Neuroscience Center) in Lyon, France, the orbitofrontal cortex, which is located in the anterior ventral part of the brain, is comprised of distinct regions that respond to rewards like money and chocolate. Every day we must make reward choices. In order to do so, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men More Likely to Experience Memory Problems than Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent article published in the journal Neurology, mild cognitive impairment, which occurs with aging, is more common among men. People who experience mild cognitive impairment have problems with short term memory and difficulty keeping conversations flowing. Several indicators include misplacing items or remembering what they want to say. The study used to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/men-more-likely-to-experience-memory-problems-than-women/</link>
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		<title>Bad Sleeping Habits Increase Risk for Death and Serious Disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to researchers at the University of Warwick, and the Federico II University Medical School in Naples, Italy, sleep saves lives. Their study showed that people who sleep less than six hours a night are 12 percent more likely to die prematurely, than those who get 6 to 8 hours of sleep a night. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/new-vaccine-increases-survival-time-of-deadliest-brain-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Study Concludes Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is Genetic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ADHD is a condition that affects children and adults across the globe. According to Healthcentral.com a classroom with 30 students will have between 1 and 3 children with ADHD, and one fourth of children with ADHD have serious learning disabilities such as: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension and/or math. According to scientists at Cardiff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/study-concludes-attention-deficithyperactivity-disorder-adhd-is-genetic/</link>
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		<title>Career Choice May Affect Onset of Dementia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to scientists at the Baycrest Rotman Research Institute and the University of California, the location of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), also referred to as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the brain is influenced by career choice. Scientists examined 588 patients diagnosed with the disease, which causes personality and behavior changes and a decline in memory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/career-choice-may-affect-onset-of-dementia/</link>
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		<title>New Study Suggests Connection between Brain Development and Physical Fitness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois, the study measured the size of brain structures in 49 children by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The researchers particularly focused on the hippocampus, a structure within the brain which is used in learning and memory. Previous research studying the hippocampus involved animal subjects, and showed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neuroscienceblog.org/new-study-suggests-connection-between-brain-development-and-physical-fitness/</link>
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		<title>Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Prevented with Vitamin B Supplements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to researchers from Oxford University in England, large daily doses of vitamin B reduce the rate of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia onset by 50%. Patients developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are known to experience mild cognitive impairment, a disorder that allows them to function in daily activities, but causes them to develop memory problems [...]]]></description>
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