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Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report Medicine & Health / Other July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s) \| User comments: 33 In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ...

Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads Medicine & Health / Other June 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Textbooks will require revisions, researchers say Measles, one of the most common contagious diseases, has been thought to enter the body through the surface of airways and lungs, like many other major viruses. ...

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. ...

Scientists propose explanation for out-of-body experiences Medicine & Health / Other August 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using virtual reality goggles to mix up the sensory signals reaching the brain, scientists have induced out-of-body-like experiences in healthy people, suggesting a scientific explanation for a phenomenon often thought to ...

Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout Medicine & Health / Other May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet Long-term study links increased coffee consumption to decreased risk of gout in men over age 40 Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. ...

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.

Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke Medicine & Health / Other September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping ...

Researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case Medicine & Health / Other August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast.

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ...

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Robert Mackie trembles with rage when he describes how he and his wife were kept in the dark about his HIV infection - and how doctors published his medical data in journals years before they gave him the devastating ...

Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths.

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively ...

Cocaine: How addiction develops Medicine & Health / Other August 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Permanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are directly responsible for this. ...

Killer carbs -- Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age Medicine & Health / Other August 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.

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Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report Medicine & Health / Other July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s) \| User comments: 33 In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ...

Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads Medicine & Health / Other June 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Textbooks will require revisions, researchers say Measles, one of the most common contagious diseases, has been thought to enter the body through the surface of airways and lungs, like many other major viruses. ...

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. ...

Scientists propose explanation for out-of-body experiences Medicine & Health / Other August 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using virtual reality goggles to mix up the sensory signals reaching the brain, scientists have induced out-of-body-like experiences in healthy people, suggesting a scientific explanation for a phenomenon often thought to ...

Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout Medicine & Health / Other May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet Long-term study links increased coffee consumption to decreased risk of gout in men over age 40 Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. ...

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.

Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke Medicine & Health / Other September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping ...

Researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case Medicine & Health / Other August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast.

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ...

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Robert Mackie trembles with rage when he describes how he and his wife were kept in the dark about his HIV infection - and how doctors published his medical data in journals years before they gave him the devastating ...

Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths.

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively ...

Cocaine: How addiction develops Medicine & Health / Other August 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Permanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are directly responsible for this. ...

Killer carbs -- Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age Medicine & Health / Other August 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.

Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report

Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads

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

Scientists propose explanation for out-of-body experiences

Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal

Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke

Researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too

Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak

Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors

Cocaine: How addiction develops

Killer carbs -- Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age

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