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Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can ...

'Super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age Medicine & Health / Research November 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| No comments yet Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face. They don't seem to suffer the ravages of memory that ...

Unusual use of toys in infancy a clue to later autism Medicine & Health / Diseases November 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed. Studying a group of children at high risk for developing ...

Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases Medicine & Health / Research November 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Southern Methodist University (SMU) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slows the degeneration of neurons, a condition that causes such ...

Scientists explain why breast cancer drug meets resistance Medicine & Health / Cancer November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists said on Wednesday they found the reason why some women develop resistance to tamoxifen, the key frontline drug against breast cancer.

Scientists offer explanation for 'face blindness' Medicine & Health / Research November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able to offer a biological explanation ...

Researchers identify a potentially universal mechanism of aging Medicine & Health / Research November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 72 vote(s) \| User comments: 43 Like our current financial crisis, the aging process might also be a product excessive deregulation. Researchers have discovered that DNA damage decreases a cell's ability to regulate which genes are turned on and off in ...

Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development Medicine & Health / Research November 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 University of Queensland neuroscientists have discovered the crucial role a specific gene plays in forming the neural tube, the earliest identifiable structure in the developing brain and an essential precursor to the entire ...

Indonesia's vast Papua in the grip of Asia's worst AIDS crisis Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS November 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Gaunt and covered in sores, 20-year-old Christina Mabele is a rarity in the ballooning AIDS crisis that has hit the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia: she knows why she is sick.

Persistent pollutant may promote obesity Medicine & Health / Research December 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Tributyltin, a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of BioScience. The chemical is used in antifouling paints for ...

The miseries of allergies just may help prevent some cancers, study finds Medicine & Health / Cancer November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- There may be a silver -- and healthy -- lining to the miserable cloud of allergy symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, tearing and itching just may help prevent cancer -- particularly colon, skin, bladder, mouth, ...

Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag Medicine & Health / Medications November 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new study published in the journal of Minerva Cardioangiologica reveals Pycnogenol, pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces jetlag in passengers by nearly 50 percent. The two-part study, consisting ...

Forgotten but not gone - how the brain takes care of things Medicine & Health / Research November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we are only just beginning to get the gist of what really goes ...

Scientists find cell pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer November 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.

The smart way to study Medicine & Health / Psychology November 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Combine the aphorisms that "practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" into one and you might get something resembling findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science. Proper spacing of lessons, ...

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Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can ...

'Super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age Medicine & Health / Research November 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| No comments yet Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face. They don't seem to suffer the ravages of memory that ...

Unusual use of toys in infancy a clue to later autism Medicine & Health / Diseases November 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed. Studying a group of children at high risk for developing ...

Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases Medicine & Health / Research November 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Southern Methodist University (SMU) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slows the degeneration of neurons, a condition that causes such ...

Scientists explain why breast cancer drug meets resistance Medicine & Health / Cancer November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists said on Wednesday they found the reason why some women develop resistance to tamoxifen, the key frontline drug against breast cancer.

Scientists offer explanation for 'face blindness' Medicine & Health / Research November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able to offer a biological explanation ...

Researchers identify a potentially universal mechanism of aging Medicine & Health / Research November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 72 vote(s) \| User comments: 43 Like our current financial crisis, the aging process might also be a product excessive deregulation. Researchers have discovered that DNA damage decreases a cell's ability to regulate which genes are turned on and off in ...

Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development Medicine & Health / Research November 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 University of Queensland neuroscientists have discovered the crucial role a specific gene plays in forming the neural tube, the earliest identifiable structure in the developing brain and an essential precursor to the entire ...

Indonesia's vast Papua in the grip of Asia's worst AIDS crisis Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS November 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Gaunt and covered in sores, 20-year-old Christina Mabele is a rarity in the ballooning AIDS crisis that has hit the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia: she knows why she is sick.

Persistent pollutant may promote obesity Medicine & Health / Research December 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Tributyltin, a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of BioScience. The chemical is used in antifouling paints for ...

The miseries of allergies just may help prevent some cancers, study finds Medicine & Health / Cancer November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- There may be a silver -- and healthy -- lining to the miserable cloud of allergy symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, tearing and itching just may help prevent cancer -- particularly colon, skin, bladder, mouth, ...

Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag Medicine & Health / Medications November 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new study published in the journal of Minerva Cardioangiologica reveals Pycnogenol, pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces jetlag in passengers by nearly 50 percent. The two-part study, consisting ...

Forgotten but not gone - how the brain takes care of things Medicine & Health / Research November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we are only just beginning to get the gist of what really goes ...

Scientists find cell pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer November 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.

The smart way to study Medicine & Health / Psychology November 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Combine the aphorisms that "practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" into one and you might get something resembling findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science. Proper spacing of lessons, ...

Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age

'Super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

Unusual use of toys in infancy a clue to later autism

Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases

Scientists explain why breast cancer drug meets resistance

Scientists offer explanation for 'face blindness'

Researchers identify a potentially universal mechanism of aging

Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development

Indonesia's vast Papua in the grip of Asia's worst AIDS crisis

Persistent pollutant may promote obesity

The miseries of allergies just may help prevent some cancers, study finds

Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag

Forgotten but not gone - how the brain takes care of things

Scientists find cell pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer

The smart way to study

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