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A new study has revealed potential new treatments which could help people with cognitive diseases. The study is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.

The study found that introduction of a new prescription smoking-cessation drug varenicline in 2006 has had no significant impact on the rate at which US adults successfully quit smoking. The study was published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

A new research by researchers from University of Copenhagen has revealed  If you were intelligent throughout your academic life, chances are you will be more physically-fit as you grow older. The study is published in the Journal of Aging and Health.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted leading global pharmaceutical company, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's New Drug Application (NDA) for SD-809 (deutetrabenazine) for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington disease (HD). It is  a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain that affects about five to seven people per 100,000 in western countries, according to the World Health Organisation.

An international team of researchers have sequenced the whole genome of an octopus, revealing unique genomic features that likely played a role in the evolution of traits such as large complex nervous systems and adaptive camouflage. They sequenced the genome of the California two-spot octopus, the first cephalopod ever to be fully sequenced, and mapped gene expression profiles in 12 different tissues. The study is published in Nature. Cephalopods are the most intelligent invertebrates and have demonstrated elaborate problem-solving and learning behaviors.

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Dr. Seema Kumar, pediatric endocrinologist in the Mayo Clinic Children's Center has recommended that giving obese teenagers extra vitamin D pills can elevate their cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides levels. The study appeared online in Pediatric Obesity.

focus in the areas of pain management and addiction medicine, announced the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for a new formulation of Onsolis (fentanyl buccal soluble film) CII for the management of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer who are opioid tolerant. Onsolis is separately licensed by BDSI in Taiwan and South Korea.

People suffering from autism are likelier to produce unusually creative ideas, revealed a new study by psychologists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Stirling. The study appeared in Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Doctor Ravi Allada, an Indian-American circadian rhythms expert at Northwestern University in Illinois has identified sleep wake mechanism. They found how an animal's biological clock wakes it up in the morning and puts it to sleep at night. The findings were published in the journal, Cell.

Dabur India Ltd, in an effort to ensure maximum use of its leading mosquito repellant Odomos, has unveiled the Dengue-Fighters initiative aimed at preventing school-going children across the country. The company along with Apollo Hospitals Group began its campaign in Bengaluru, which will then cover schools across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.