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10 September
World Mental Health
During our adult lives, a large proportion of our time is spent at work. Our experience in the workplace is one of the factors determining our overall wellbeing. Employers and managers who put in place workplace initiatives to promote mental health and to support employees who have mental disorders see gains not only in the health of their employees but also in their productivity at work. 
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PESA CNIC-Santander project
Spanish research confirms the importance of breakfast in the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Skipping breakfast or eating very little at the start of the day doubles the risk of atherosclerosis. This is the latest finding from the Progression and Early Detection of Atherosclerosis study (PESA), led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in partnership with Banco Santander, and is published today in the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC).
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U-funded project
New brain visualisation of Alzheimer´s at different ages holds out hope for faster diagnosis
As Alzheimer´s disease is associated with a wide variety of symptoms, usually observed through patients´ behaviour and actions, effective and timely treatment has proven elusive. An EU-funded project has contributed towards the capture of images which show the changes a brain with Alzheimer´s undergoes, at different ages, with promise for future diagnostics and treatment.
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Efficacy of smartphone-based mental health
Smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression, study finds
New Australian-led research has confirmed that smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression, paving the way for safe and accessible interventions for the millions of people around the world diagnosed with this condition.
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Physical exercise
Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain
Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain -- an area that controls memory, learning and balance. A new study, comparing different forms of exercise -- dancing and endurance training -- undertaken by elderly volunteers for eighteen months, shows that both can have an anti-aging effect on the brain, but only dancing corresponded to a noticeable difference in behavior. This difference is attributed to the extra challenge of learning dancing routines.
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EU-funded RE-AGEING project
Measures redefine our age with life expectancy
Part-supported through the EU-funded RE-AGEING project, researchers offer population forecasting studies which encourage societies to break from outdated ageing measures and instead start categorising on how we live our lives
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Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain, and Language (BCBL),
Interbrain synchrony key factor in understanding language and interpersonal communication
The rhythms of brainwaves between two people taking part in a conversation begin to match each other. This is the conclusion of a study published in the magazine ´Scientific Reports´, led by the Basque research centre BCBL. According to scientists, this interbrain synchrony may be a key factor in understanding language and interpersonal communication.
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UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
University of Birmingham has launched a 2million global research project
The University of Birmingham has secured 2 million pound from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to launch a research group aimed at improving healthcare for patients with lung diseases around the world.
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University of Southern California
Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, scientist says
Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. Drinking coffee was associated with lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease. People who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn´t drink coffee. This association was even stronger for those who drank two to three cups a day -- 18 percent reduced chance of death.
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 Trending Science
Ultimate tan without the cancer risk
Scientists have created a new compound that promises to be the ultimate fake tan – a chemical that releases dark pigment in the skin, thus resulting in a bronzed suntan without the need to expose oneself to harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.
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Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Vegetarian diets almost twice as effective in reducing body weight, study finds
Dieters who go vegetarian not only lose weight more effectively than those on conventional low-calorie diets but also improve their metabolism by reducing muscle fat, a new study has found.
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New England Journal of Medicine
A third of all humans are now either overweight or obese
Over two billion people around the world are now affected by weight problems, according to new research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. At the same time, more people are dying from weight-related health conditions than ever before—a development the authors are describing as a "growing and disturbing global public health crisis."
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New England Journal of Medicine
A third of all humans are now either overweight or obese
Over two billion people around the world are now affected by weight problems, according to new research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. At the same time, more people are dying from weight-related health conditions than ever before—a development the authors are describing as a "growing and disturbing global public health crisis."
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Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Salty diet makes you hungry, not thirsty
We´ve all heard it: eating salty foods makes you thirstier. But what sounds like good nutritional advice turns out to be not true in the long run. In a study carried out during a simulated mission to Mars, an international group of scientists has found exactly the opposite to be true. ´Cosmonauts´ who ate more salt retained more water, weren´t as thirsty, and needed more energy.
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Ageing
Scientists uncover why hair turns gray
A team of European scientists have finally solved a mystery that has perplexed humans throughout the ages: why we turn gray. Despite the notion that gray hair is a sign of wisdom, these researchers show that wisdom has nothing to do with it.
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Indiana University
Study shows real-world massage is effective treatment for low back pain
In the first study of its kind, researchers found real-world massage therapy to be an effective treatment for chronic low back pain.
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Integrity of the food chain.
Tougher food inspections from farm to fork
Plans to tighten up official food inspections, from farm to fork, were adopted by Parliament on Wednesday. The new rules, already informally agreed by MEPs and the Council, aims to improve food traceability, combat fraud and restore consumer trust in the integrity of the food chain.
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Sleep trackers can prompt sleep problems
A 39-year-old man whom we´ll call Mr. R received a sleep-tracking device from his girlfriend. Since starting a new job several years earlier, he sometimes had trouble getting a good night´s sleep. Not surprisingly, the next day he´d feel tired, irritable and absentminded.
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American Academy of Neurology
Living with children may mean less sleep for women, but not for men
New research backs up what many women already know: They´re sleep deprived. Unlike men, a good night´s sleep for women is affected by having children in the house, according to a preliminary study by the American Academy of Neurology´s, study finds.
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6,000-8,000 identified named rare diseases
´Research´ is the Theme for Rare Disease Day 2017
February 28 is international Rare Disease Day, a day dedicated to raising public awareness of a myriad of diseases that many people know very little (if anything) about. One of the day´s main goals is to highlight the difficulties patients of rare diseases face in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and everyday living.
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ObesityDevelop
Can weight gain in pregnancy cause childhood obesity?
Various studies have established the link between high body-mass index (BMI) in pregnancy and overweight newborn babies. But does this link apply to children and teenagers? New research funded in part under the OBESITYDEVELOP project has set out to verify this hypothesis.
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Health research
Europe promotes a better use of antibiotics
Commission awards €1 million to breakthrough test which distinguishes between viral or bacterial infections. The awards are part of the Commission´s efforts to promote better use of antibiotics and fight the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
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University of California San Diego
Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging, study finds
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary.
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Association for Psychological Science
Children gain more weight when parents see them as ´overweight´, study finds
Children whose parents considered them to be ´overweight´ tended to gain more weight over the following decade compared with children whose parents thought they were a ´normal´ weight, according to analyses of data from two nationally representative studies published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings indicate that children whose parents identified them as being overweight perceived their own body size more negatively and were more like
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Cancer cells vulnerable to high-dose vitamin C
High-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells
Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is because it has often been used in a way that guarantees failure.
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