The study results could help distinguish between normal and abnormal processes within the visual cortex and identify what parts of the brain are targets for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
The issue here is that BMI is a clunky measure that does not distinguish muscle from fat, and those who interpreted this study ignored the meaning of people being normal weight while having excessive belly fat weight (ie deficient muscle).
However, Mr Neate stressed that the study had confirmed that a PSA test could not distinguish between aggressive and slow growing forms of prostate cancer.
The microbiome, made much easier to study by new DNA-sequencing technology (which lets you distinguish between bugs without having to grow them on Petri dishes), is thus a trendy area of science.