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• Losing weight is like playing a musical instrument
• Baby, it's cold outside, but you can still exercise
• Cholesterol Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Effects of Malaria
• Birdsong study pecks at theory that music is uniquely human

Losing weight is like playing a musical instrument Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:21 AM PST Losing weight and saving money are perennially the top New Year’s resolutions made by many Americans. But both require behavioral changes and a certain amount of discipline. “People need a motivation to lose weight and the new year is an opportunity to start fresh,” said Dr. Jessica Bartfield, internal medicine and medical weight loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of the Loyola University Health System. read more

Baby, it's cold outside, but you can still exercise Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:17 AM PST The weather outside might be frightful, but sitting by that fire might make your fitness routine go cold. Though your body may be layered under sweatshirts and coats, staying active and healthy is important no matter what the temperature is outside. read more

Cholesterol Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Effects of Malaria Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:08 AM PST Researchers have discovered that adding lovastatin, a widely used cholesterol-lowering drug, to traditional antimalarial treatment decreases neuroinflammation and protects against cognitive impairment in a mouse model of cerebral malaria. Although there are differences between mouse models of cerebral malaria and human disease, these new findings indicate that statins are worthy of consideration in clinical trials of cerebral malaria, according to an article published in the Dec. 27 issue of PLOS Pathogens. read more

Birdsong study pecks at theory that music is uniquely human Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:19 PM PST A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows. “We found that the same neural reward system is activated in female birds in the breeding state that are listening to male birdsong, and in people listening to music that they like,” says Sarah Earp, who led the research as an undergraduate at Emory University. The study was published in the journal Frontiers of Evolutionary Neuroscience read more

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