Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered in mice that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior. In addition, the researchers found ... | |
 Neurons created from skin cells of elderly ALS patients July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Less than 27 months after announcing that he had institutional permission to attempt the creation of patient and disease-specific stem cell lines, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Principal Faculty member ... | |
World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells. | |
Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While jams and other consumer products are strictly regulated and are required to pass stringent tests before they can be sold, tobacco has no restrictions and manufacturers can, and do, add anything they ... | |
Flu shot does not reduce risk of death 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta. The vaccine does confer protection against ... | |
Rapid changes in key Alzheimer's protein described in humans August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease, in the human brain. A collaborative team of scientists ... | |
 Tiny 3-D ultrasound probe guides catheter procedures August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An ultrasound probe small enough to ride along at the tip of a catheter can provide physicians with clearer real-time images of soft tissue without the risks associated with conventional x-ray catheter guidance. | |
 Sleight of hand and sense of self August 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn’t all in the mind, Oxford University researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as well, ... | |
Kids may be hardwired to 'share and share alike': study August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Humans are selfish in earliest childhood but by the age of seven or eight are keen to share equally, a developmental change so sudden that it can only be explained, at least in part, by genes, according to a study released ... | |
Subliminal learning demonstrated in the human brain August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Although the idea that instrumental learning can occur subconsciously has been around for nearly a century, it had not been unequivocally demonstrated. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue of the ... | |
Scientists unmask brain's hidden potential August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Previous research has found that when vision is lost, a person's senses of touch and hearing become enhanced. But exactly how this happens has been unclear. | |
Scientist unveils secret of newborn's first words August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words – the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns. | |
 Study points to potential new use for Viagra August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A "basic science" breakthrough by Queen's University researchers into regulating a single enzyme may lead to new drug therapies that will help prevent heart attacks and strokes. | |
Bones get mended with high tech glass-of-milk August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of Warwick have discovered how a high tech glass of milk is helping bones mend. | |
Scientists discover leptin can also aid type 1 diabetics August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. | |
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