Health
06 Jul 2017
Treating autism by targeting the gut
Therapies to change the bacteria in the gut, through diet, pro-and prebiotic supplements, faecal matter transplants or antibiotics, could treat autism.
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03 Jul 2017
Cocoa and chocolate are not just treats — they are good for your cognition
A mini-review concludes: cocoa can be seen as a dietary supplement to protect human cognition and can counteract different types of cognitive decline.
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21 Jun 2017
Beware Zombies and Unicorns – Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in a neoliberal context
Article published in Frontiers in Sociology covers issues surrounding the UK National Health Service Patient and Public Involvement Program
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20 Jun 2017
Assessing and addressing the impact of childhood trauma
A comprehensive literature review, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, helps us to understand why childhood trauma leads to an increased risk for psychosis.
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01 Jun 2017
Pale Rider: the Spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world
This new book narrates a catastrophe that changed humanity for decades to come — and yet, is largely accounted as a footnote to World War I
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31 May 2017
Recommended daily protein intake too low for the elderly
The minimum protein requirement for healthy adults was set almost 15 years ago but is it sufficient for older persons?
Health
31 May 2017
Neuroepidemiology: applying research to prevention one article at a time
New specialty section on Neuroepidemiology to be headed by George Jelinek – a Chief Editor committed to the dissemination of knowledge to all.
Health
23 May 2017
High-energy charged particles: the beginning and end of cancer
The Research Topic, published in Frontiers in Oncology, consists of a collection of scientific articles investigating high-energy charged particles either for cancer treatment or for space radiation protection.
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19 May 2017
Shaping your brain with exercise, video games and more
This Research Topic, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, investigates cognitive training techniques in health and disease, and in youth and old age.
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10 May 2017
One step closer to finding out how wine may protect your neurons
Recent research, published in Frontiers in Nutrition, investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective actions of wine.
Health
06 May 2017
Frontiers eBooks published in April 2017
Frontiers has published eBooks for the month of may, eBooks are open access research topics compiling articles in Science, Health & Engineering
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28 Apr 2017
Professor Josep Bassaganya-Riera wins 2017 Innovator of the Year Award
Josep Bassaganya-Riera, a Frontiers Specialty Chief Editor and serial entrepreneur named 2017 Innovator of the Year by Roanoke- Blacksburg Technology Council (USA).
Health
28 Apr 2017
An endless fascination with Immunology: Dr William Erwin Paul
Frontiers in Immunology is honored to announce a memorial Research Topic dedicated to Dr William Erwin Paul and his unparalleled contribution to immunology.
Health
29 Mar 2017
Sleep and Chronobiology new Editor Yves Dauvilliers
Led by the new Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Yves Dauvilliers, this multidisciplinary section is open for submissions of studies on sleep, circadian rhythms and their disorders, including the clinical practice. We are happy to announce that Professor Yves Dauvilliers has joined Frontiers in Neurology and Frontiers in Psychiatry as the Specialty Chief Editor of the section “Sleep and Chronobiology”. “Sleep is a universal physiological need that plays a key role in the prevention of health problems. In modern life, sleep disruption through behavioral deprivation is a major issue”, says Prof. Dauvilliers in his Specialty Grand Challenge article. “Sleep disorders are very common and often disabling conditions that can be isolated or associated with neurological disorders. “ Prof. Dauvilliers is Head of the Sleep Laboratory at the University of Montpellier and the Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, in the Department of Neurology at the Gui de Chauliac Hospital in Montpellier, in France. He is also the coordinator of the French National Reference Network for Orphan Diseases (Narcolepsy, Hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin Syndrome). You may find Professor Dauvilliers’ full biography here. Working on the diagnosis, epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapy of several sleep disorders, Prof. Dauvilliers has focused mainly on neurological disorders including narcolepsy but also […]
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24 Mar 2017
New Specialty Chief Editors for Nutrition Methodology: Prof. Bruce German and Prof. Angela Zivkovic
No subject pertains more to human life than nutrition. And no subject pertains more to science than methodology.