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Natalie Mitten

Less sleep leads to more eating and more weight gain, according to new CU-Boulder study... - 0 views

www.colorado.edu/...-gain-according-new-cu-boulder

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    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Question; am I allowed to do a scijourn article on one overarching conclusion that includes multiple recent studies? I'd love to tie this one in with another one I read about calories. 
  • National Institutes of Health, the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in collaboration with the Biological Sciences Initiative and CU-Boulder’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Natalie Mitten

Heavy drinkers get extra jolt of brain energy from alcohol | Health | Life | National Post - 0 views

life.nationalpost.com/...gy-from-booze-yale-study-finds

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    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Yale has a contact page...could very easily contact those conducting the study. Possible article on drinking. 
  • it’s ability to be turn it into energy.
    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Incorrect grammar...is this source credible?
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  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Men who drank more than 14 drinks per week or women who drank more than eight drinks per week
    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Since when is there a binary standard for alcoholic intake? What?
  • Ting-Kai Li of Duke University, tells sciencenews.org
    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Multiple credible sources...
Natalie Mitten

Dating in middle school leads to higher dropout, drug-use rates, study suggests - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130315151046.htm

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    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Very interesting study, and highly relevant to teenagers; would make for good Scijourner article. However, I'm very critical of some of the comments made regarding the implications of the study; correlation does not imply causation. 
  • University of Georgia
  • Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior.
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    • Natalie Mitten
      Natalie Mitten on 17 Mar 13
       
      Only uses one credible source. 
Alexis Ramsey

http://www.hsvma.org/assets/pdfs/guide-to-congenital-and-heritable-disorders.pdf - 0 views

www.hsvma.org/...al-and-heritable-disorders.pdf

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      Alexis Ramsey on 13 Mar 13
       
      121. Factor VIII deficiency or hemophilia A: the most common severe inherited clotting  disorder of humans and nonhuman animals. Inherited as a sex-linked recessive trait (carried by  females and manifested in males). Affects most dog breeds. 
    • Alexis Ramsey
      Alexis Ramsey on 13 Mar 13
       
      204a. Muscular dystrophy: a congenital and often inherited form of generalized muscle  dysfunction which causes signs such as poor growth, weakness, abnormal gait, difficulty eating  and swallowing, and muscle atrophy. Affected animals have serious health problems and may  die or be euthanatized. Inheritance is sex-linked in golden retrievers, Irish terriers, Samoyeds,  and Belgian shepherds. 
Alexis Ramsey

Genetics of Deafness in Dogs - 0 views

www.lsu.edu/genetics.htm

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  • The method of genetic transmission of deafness in dogs is usually not known. There are no recognized forms of sex-linked deafness in dogs, although this does occur in humans.
    • Alexis Ramsey
      Alexis Ramsey on 13 Mar 13
       
      So am I reading all this for nothing??
  • Unilaterally deaf dogs cannot be detected by other means, and these dogs will pass on their deafness genes.
Indea Armstrong

Eyes work without connection to brain: Ectopic eyes function without natural connection... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130227183311.htm

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  • scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain.
    • Indea Armstrong
      Indea Armstrong on 07 Mar 13
       
      How does that work? How can you possibly use your eyes and they aren't connected to your brain?
  • Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences used a frog model to shed new ligh
    • Indea Armstrong
      Indea Armstrong on 07 Mar 13
       
      How closely are humans related to frogs?
  • visual
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  • is the question of exactly how the brain recognizes that the electrical signals coming from tissue near the gut is to be interpreted as visual data
Caitlan Granger

How Is Autism Treated? | What is Autism? | Autism Speaks - 0 views

www.autismspeaks.org/...treatment

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    • Caitlan Granger
      Caitlan Granger on 08 Mar 13
       
      Sometimes children and adults no longer "meet the criteria" to keep going back for treatment, but not exactly cured either
    • Caitlan Granger
      Caitlan Granger on 08 Mar 13
       
      Is this true? When was this info last updated?
Ronnice Moore

Professor says gaming can help relieve stress | TCU 360 - 0 views

www.tcu360.com/...gaming-can-help-relieve-stress

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    I've learned this is true from experience of having friends who play those type of games.
Anna Wermuth

Borderline Personality Disorder-Topic Overview - 0 views

www.webmd.com/...nality-disorder-topic-overview

bpd

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    webmd
Anna Wermuth

How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder? - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130114092525.htm

bipolar disorder scijourn

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    jan. 14, 2013
Anna Wermuth

Widely used screening scale may misidentify borderline personality disorder as bipolar ... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...100325131600.htm

bpd scijourn

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  • Anna Wermuth on 07 Mar 13
     
    BPD article from 2010...
Anna Wermuth

Family intervention improves mood symptoms in children and adolescents at risk for bipo... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130306084154.htm

bipolar disorder scijourn

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  • Anna Wermuth on 07 Mar 13
     
    bipolar disorder article from March 6
Katie Stevenson

Births - The 2012 Statistical Abstract - U.S. Census Bureau - 0 views

www.census.gov/...births.html

u s census bureau birth rates

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  • Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates by Race, Sex, and Age
    • Katie Stevenson
      Katie Stevenson on 07 Mar 13
       
      Downloaded onto desktop for use in article
    • Katie Stevenson
      Katie Stevenson on 07 Mar 13
       
      The total number of live births from the most recent census released to the public in 2008 was 4,247,694
  • Katie Stevenson on 07 Mar 13
     
    PDF Downlands about birth rates in the US
Katie Stevenson

Why the National U.S. C-Section Rate is So High? | Cesarean Section - 0 views

www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp

national u s rate C-sections

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  • it leveled off at 32.8% in 2010 and 2011
    • Katie Stevenson
      Katie Stevenson on 07 Mar 13
       
      Statistic from the Child Birth Connection
  • Katie Stevenson on 07 Mar 13
     
    About C-sections and their rates
Katie Stevenson

C-Section May Raise Child's Risk of Allergies, Asthma: Study - 0 views

healthfinder.gov/...Article.aspx

child allergies asthma study

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  • that early childhood exposure to microorganisms affects the immune system's development and onset of allergies
  • a baby's exposure to bacteria in the birth canal is a major influencer on their immune system."
  • born by C-section have a pattern of "at-risk" microorganisms in their gastrointestinal tract that may make them more susceptible to developing the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE) when exposed to allergens,
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  • IgE is linked to the development of allergies and asthma.
  • The study found an association between cesarean birth and allergy risk, but it did not prove cause-and-effect.
Katy Wilson

Obama Legacy On Keystone XL Pipeline Is New Environmentalist Appeal - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...acy-keystone-xl_n_2807622.html

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  • "Russell Graham, associate professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum at Penn State University, says global warming will most harm the animals adapted to the coldest environments, primarily those accustomed to life in the Arctic."
    • Katy Wilson
      Katy Wilson on 06 Mar 13
       
      What about the other animals, not just the ones that are originated in the artic.
  • 40-73 percent of pregnant females could fail to bring cubs to term.
Caitlan Granger

New Study Suggests Autism Can be 'Outgrown' | TIME.com - 0 views

healthland.time.com/...uggests-autism-can-be-outgrown

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    • Caitlan Granger
      Caitlan Granger on 06 Mar 13
       
      A recent study showed that children who were diagnosed with autism may be able to be "cured", but it's very rare. Previous studies on this topic made people question whether the children were properly diagnosed to begin with.
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Megan Hanak

Stopping cold: Scientists turn off the ability to feel cold - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130212172116.htm

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  • even when the cold should have been painful or was potentially dangerous.
    • Megan Hanak
      Megan Hanak on 06 Mar 13
       
      Does the absence of TRPM8 take away basic instinct as well as cold? The mouse should have died from an attack of the central nervous system and frozen organs. Slowing blood flow. Even brain deficiencies. Did the mouse die?
  • scientists hope to one day develop better pain treatments without knocking out all ability to feel for suffering patients.
    • Megan Hanak
      Megan Hanak on 06 Mar 13
       
      Better pain treatments for which diseases?
taylor abutalebi

Computer model may help athletes and soldiers avoid brain damage and concussions - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...130305145706.htm

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      taylor abutalebi on 06 Mar 13
       
      "Think about a solider who is knocked down by blast wave of an explosion, or a football player reeling after a major collision
  • "Think about a soldier who is knocked down by the blast wave of an explosion, or a football player reeling after a major collision.
  • The person may show some loss of cognitive function, but you may not immediately see anything in a CT-scan or MRI that tells you exactly where and how much damage has been done to the brain. You don't know what happened to the brain, so how do you figure out how to treat the patient?"
Autumn Martin

The Truth about Genetics and Weight Loss - bistroMD - 0 views

www.bistromd.com/...about-genetics-and-weight-loss

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  • Then there's the particular predisposition for distribution, for having our weight in certain places on our bodies, which could be the old apple/pear body-type contrast, or a tendency to carry fat on the arms.
    • Autumn Martin
      Autumn Martin on 06 Mar 13
       
      Suggesting that Genetics effect body shaped opposed to actual bmi.
  • Add to those a predisposition for building muscle easily or not.
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