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1. JCI table of contents: Jan. 18, 2007
   01-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   This release contains summaries, links to PDFs and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, Jan. 18, 2007, in the JCI, including: "Mind over matter: SH2B1 in the brain regulates obesity;" "Tumor cells evade death through autophagy;" "The more mutations the worse the disease in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism;" "CBL-B resists Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection," and "Filamins tether CFTR to the cell surface."
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2. Mind the gap
   11-22-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers have found a gap between water and a water-repelling surface that can give new insight into the way water and oil separate. By using high-energy X-rays at the ESRF, an international team defined the size and characteristics of this gap. The knowledge of the structure of a hydrophobic interface is important because they are crucial in biological systems, and can give insight in protein folding and stability.
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3. New understanding of schizophrenia could lead to new treatment approaches
   04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
   New research helps bridge an important gap in understanding schizophrenia, providing the best evidence to date that defects in the brain's white matter are a key contributor to the disease, which affects about 1 percent of people worldwide. The findings, to be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also demonstrate how two of the dozen or more genes previously linked with schizophrenia may contribute to the disease.
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4. Health gap between social groups widens in later life
   04-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The health divide between the most affluent and the worst off in society increases in later life, finds a study published online in BMJ today.
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5. JCI table of contents: May 24, 2007
   05-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, May 24, 2007, in the JCI, including: "Stuck on you: CEACAM6 helps E. coli stick to intestinal lining in Crohn's disease"; "PPARgamma is required for the full effect of antidiabetic drugs"; "Mind over liver: Resistin's action in brain linked to liver insulin resistance"; "Gene Gas1 is involved in severe craniofacial malformations"; and others.
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6. What does it mean to have a mind? Maybe more than you think
   02-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Through an online survey of more than 2,000 people, psychologists at Harvard University have found that we perceive the minds of others along two distinct dimensions: agency, an individual's ability for self-control, morality and planning; and experience, the capacity to feel sensations such as hunger, fear and pain.
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7. A real attention grabber
   12-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The person you're speaking with may be looking at you, but are they really paying attention? Or has the person covertly shifted their attention, without moving their eyes? Dr. Brian Corneil, of the Center for Brain and Mind at the University of Western Ontario has found a way of actually measuring covert attention. His research "Neuromuscular consequences of reflexive covert orienting" is posted on the Advance Online Publication of Nature Neuroscience.
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8. Study finds estrogen therapy gives aging brain cells a boost
   06-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Cyclical, long-term estrogen injections protected brain cells from age-related deterioration, according to a new study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The study suggests that age is a factor in estrogen treatment and sheds light on the intricate relationship between mind, age, and hormones. The study will be published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of June 25.
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9. E-shop till you drop
   07-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Several big name brands who sell online, including Jcrew, Abercrombie, Gap and Urbanq, could act as e-commerce role models of other internet shops hoping to improve their sales figures, according to research published today in Inderscience's Journal of Electronic Business.
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10. Thermal Imaging Shatters Arousal Gender Gap Myth; Study Shows Women Become Aroused As Quickly As Men
    10-02-2006 · ScienceDaily
    McGill study shows women become aroused as quickly as men. For the first time ever, thermography (infrared) is used to measure sexual arousal.
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