High-fructose corn syrup is ubiquitous in Western diet, and study suggests it could play unique role. By Serena Gordon MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that the pancreas has sweet-taste receptors — like those found on the tongue — that can “taste” fructose. Fructose is a common ingredient in many foods and...

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By Kathleen Doheny THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — When people share a meal together, they tend to eat as much or as little as their dining companion does, as many studies have shown. Now, new research finds that women who share a meal with women they have not previously met mimic each other’s eating...

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School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The new research, by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the first to show that changes in this critical region of...

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A new study published in the journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) reveals that both pre-pregnant weight (body mass index, BMI) and weight gain in pregnancy are important predictors of babies' birthweight. This is important since high birthweight may also predict adult overweight. Researchers led by Unni Mette Stamnes Koepp of the Department of...

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