How stable is gut bacteria?

Intestinal microbiota in healthy adults: temporal analysis reveals individual and common core and relation to intestinal symptoms. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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Whats active in gut bacterial populations?

The active human gut microbiota differs from the total microbiota. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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Parents officially know best

Do parents recognize autistic deviant behavior long before diagnosis? Taking into account interaction using computational methods. PLoS ONE. July 2011
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Food labelling and nudge theory

Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: cross sectional customer surveys. BMJ. July 2011
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Beauty is in the brain of the beholder

Towards a brain-based theory of beauty. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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The demographics of depression

Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode. BMC Medicine. July 2011.
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Understanding ADHD

Advances in understanding and treating ADHD. BMC Medicine. July 2011
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Womens height and cancer risk

Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk. The Lancet Oncology. July 2011.
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OTC painkillers vs. antipsychotics in dementia care

Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial. BMJ. July 2011.
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Screening for metabolic conditions in autism?

Should metabolic diseases be systematically screened in nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorders? PLoS One. July 2011.
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EEGs to diagnose Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

EEG spectral coherence data distinguish chronic fatigue syndrome patients from healthy controls and depressed patients - A case control study. BMC Neurology. July 2011.
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How do patients report outcome?

Measuring patient-reported outcomes: moving beyond misplaced common sense to hard science. BMC Medicine. July 2011.
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BH4 in the management of PKU

Pharmacotherapy options in the management of phenylketonuria. Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics. July 2011.
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Chlorination by-products and autistic-like behaviours

Chlorination byproducts induce gender specific autistic-like behaviors in CD-1 mice. NeuroToxicology. July 2011.

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Life expectancy across the globe

Falling behind: life expectancy in US counties from 2000 to 2007 in an international context. Population Health Metrics. July 2011.
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Vitamin D, the blood-brain barrer and Alzheimer's disease

1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances cerebral clearance of human amyloid-b peptide(1-40) from mouse brain across the blood-brain barrier. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. July 2011.
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Free amino acids to treat allergy

Identification of critical amino acids in the IgE epitopes of Ric c 1 and Ric c 3 and the application of glutamic acid as an IgE blocker. PLoS One. June 2011.
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Why worms need sex

Running with the Red Queen: Host-Parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex. Science. July 2011.
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The anti-epileptic benefits of the Atkins diet

A ketogenic diet suppresses seizures in mice through adenosine A1 receptors. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. July 2011.
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No resistance to fatty foods

Endocannabinoid signal in the gut controls dietary fat intake. PNAS. June/July 2011.
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The difficulties in studying brains

Robustness and fault tolerance make brains harder to study. BMC Biology. June 2011.
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Physical health needs and schizophrenia

Physical health behaviours and health locus of control in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional comparative study with people with non-psychotic mental illness. BMC Psychiatry. June 2011.
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Bacteria to improve colic?

Antagonistic effect of Lactobacillus strains against gas-producing coliforms isolated from colicky infants. BMC Microbiology. June 2011.
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Assessing HBOT

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy promotes neurogenesis: where do we stand? Medical Gas Research. June 2011.
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Ancestry, chronic disease and omega-6 fatty acids

The impact of FADS genetic variants on ω6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in African Americans. BMC Genetics. July 2011.
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Environment as important as genes in autism?

Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry. July 2011.
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