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A team of French scientists has now revealed that making toddlers laugh with your antics help them learn new tasks faster. The study was published in Cognition and Emotion.

Researchers at Southern Medical University have discovered a molecule that can help clinicians predict survival time of people afflicted with gastric cancer, a significant health problem in developing countries which is typically associated with late-stage diagnosis and high mortality. The findings appeared in The American Journal of Pathology.

Researchers in Cambridge University have claimed that both men and women with autism show an extreme of the typical male pattern on the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes', providing strong support for the 'extreme male brain' theory of autism. The study is published in the Journal PLOS ONE.

A new research find that Bacteria living in the gut may impact an individual's weight, fat and good cholesterol levels. The findings of the study suggest that microbes in the gut are strongly linked to the blood level of HDL (good cholesterol) and triglycerides. The study appeared in Circulation Research. Bacteria in the gut contributed to 4.6% of the difference in body fat, 6% in triglycerides and 4% in HDL.

The researchers discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most animals. The study authors identified nearly 1,000 molecular machines critical for the development and survival of species as diverse as sea anemones, worms, mice and humans. The study is published in Nature.

Scientists from a research centre in New York have found that a region of the brain - called the insular cortex - may hold the key to treating smoking and other forms of addiction. The findings appeared in the journals Addiction and Addictive Behaviors.

A report by leading doctors state that the mediterranean diet is 'as effective as statins' in reducing heart attack risk. Risk for heart disease should be lowered through a healthy diet and plenty of exercise than automatically relying on drugs to fix the problem said the paper which is published on September 7. The paper is published in Prescriber.

Researchers developed A 'gene signature' that can be used to predict the onset of Alzheimer's years in advance. Such a molecular profile could be useful for distinguishing people at an early risk of age-related diseases, and could improve upon the use of chronological age and complement traditional indicators of disease, such as blood pressure. The study is published in Genome Biology.

Sensory Hair Cells in Your Inner Ear Helps You Keep Your Balance While Jogging. The reason for the difference lies in the vestibular organ (VO) located in the inner ear, which controls balance and posture, researchers have reported. The VO senses ongoing self-motion and ensures that, while running, the jogger unconsciously compensates for the accompanying changes in the orientation of the head. The results were reported in the online journal Nature Communications.

New research will help scientists and medical professionals to better understand the long-term complications caused by an immunosuppressant drug used to treat thousands of kidney transplant patients.