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Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia Medicine & Health / Diseases March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 People with larger stomachs in their 40s are more likely to have dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American ...

Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities Medicine & Health / Research December 08, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new UC Davis study shows that a common antibacterial chemical added to bath soaps can alter hormonal activity in rats and in human cells in the laboratory—and does so by a previously unreported mechanism.

Too many choices -- good or bad -- can be mentally exhausting Medicine & Health / Psychology April 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Each day, we are bombarded with options -- at the local coffee shop, at work, in stores or on the TV at home. Do you want a double-shot soy latte, a caramel macchiato or simply a tall house coffee for your morning pick-me-up" ...

Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work Medicine & Health / Other May 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Fine wrinkles, deeper creases, saggy areas around the mouth and neck – the sights in the mirror that make baby boomers wince – are not inevitable. They result from a structural breakdown inside the skin that ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells Medicine & Health / Research July 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 61 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found. The new findings shed ...

Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 In a notion taken from science fiction afficionados, University of Arizona researchers presented a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth at the 37th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting ...

Alexander technique offers long-term relief for back pain Medicine & Health / Health August 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Alexander technique lessons in combination with an exercise programme offer long-term effective treatment for chronic back pain, according to a study published on BMJ.com today.

Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say Medicine & Health / Other March 31, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists.

Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs Medicine & Health / Research February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ...

Researchers create beating heart in laboratory Medicine & Health / Research January 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 78 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew ...

Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers Medicine & Health / Other January 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 65 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. ...

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...

Scientists Locate Revved Up Chemical That Mimics Red Wine Medicine & Health / Research November 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Scientists at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals have conducted research on fattened rodents to test the utility of a chemical that mimics resversatrol. Resversatrol is a key compound in red wine. After examining 500 thousand compounds, ...

Brain stem cells can be awakened, say scientists Medicine & Health / Research June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 58 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons (nerve ...

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Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia Medicine & Health / Diseases March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 People with larger stomachs in their 40s are more likely to have dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American ...

Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities Medicine & Health / Research December 08, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new UC Davis study shows that a common antibacterial chemical added to bath soaps can alter hormonal activity in rats and in human cells in the laboratory—and does so by a previously unreported mechanism.

Too many choices -- good or bad -- can be mentally exhausting Medicine & Health / Psychology April 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Each day, we are bombarded with options -- at the local coffee shop, at work, in stores or on the TV at home. Do you want a double-shot soy latte, a caramel macchiato or simply a tall house coffee for your morning pick-me-up" ...

Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work Medicine & Health / Other May 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Fine wrinkles, deeper creases, saggy areas around the mouth and neck – the sights in the mirror that make baby boomers wince – are not inevitable. They result from a structural breakdown inside the skin that ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells Medicine & Health / Research July 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 61 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found. The new findings shed ...

Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 In a notion taken from science fiction afficionados, University of Arizona researchers presented a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth at the 37th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting ...

Alexander technique offers long-term relief for back pain Medicine & Health / Health August 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Alexander technique lessons in combination with an exercise programme offer long-term effective treatment for chronic back pain, according to a study published on BMJ.com today.

Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say Medicine & Health / Other March 31, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists.

Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs Medicine & Health / Research February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ...

Researchers create beating heart in laboratory Medicine & Health / Research January 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 78 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew ...

Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers Medicine & Health / Other January 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 65 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. ...

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...

Scientists Locate Revved Up Chemical That Mimics Red Wine Medicine & Health / Research November 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Scientists at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals have conducted research on fattened rodents to test the utility of a chemical that mimics resversatrol. Resversatrol is a key compound in red wine. After examining 500 thousand compounds, ...

Brain stem cells can be awakened, say scientists Medicine & Health / Research June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 58 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons (nerve ...

Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia

Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities

Too many choices -- good or bad -- can be mentally exhausting

Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work

Women end up less happy than men

Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells

Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain

Alexander technique offers long-term relief for back pain

Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say

Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs

Researchers create beating heart in laboratory

Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand

Scientists Locate Revved Up Chemical That Mimics Red Wine

Brain stem cells can be awakened, say scientists

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