Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay ... | |
People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Despite some improvements to lower "bad" cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program ... | |
Researching the power of the placebo effect in arthritis patients 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- People with arthritis are to take part in new research carried out at The University of Manchester to find out more about how the placebo effect works. | |
 Attention grabbers snatch lion's share of visual memory 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Our visual memory is not as good as we may think, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust – but it can be used more flexibly than scientists previously thought. In a study published today in the ... | |
A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In a game of give and get, the brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it. | |
Researchers discover how tumor suppressor inhibits cell growth 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Genes that inhibit the spontaneous development of cancer are called tumor suppressor genes. One of the major tumor suppressors is p53, a protein that acts in the cell nucleus to control the expression of other genes whose ... | |
Trigger for brain plasticity identified 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain's ability to learn – and perhaps recapture the "sponge-like" quality of childhood. In the August 8 issue of the journal Cell, neuroscientists at Children's ... | |
Midge-hunting scientists tackle spread of devastating bluetongue virus 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists at the BBSRC-funded Institute for Animal Health (IAH) are stepping up the battle against the devastating and economically damaging bluetongue virus. By combining ingenious ways to trap and monitor midges with ... | |
 Likely cause of postpartum blues and depression identified 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Unique biochemical crosstalk that enables a fetus to get nutrition and oxygen from its mother's blood just may cause common postpartum blues, researchers say. | |
Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant TB works, study finds August 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The death sentence that too often accompanies a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can be commuted if an individualized outpatient therapy program is followed – even in countries with limited resources ... | |
Hormone level may reflect mortality risk among dialysis patients August 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new study suggests that monitoring levels of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) may provide information crucial to the treatment of patients with kidney failure. In the Aug. 7 New England Journal ... | |
 Study shows playing video games can change behaviour and biology August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Video games are among the most popular entertainment media in the world. Now, groundbreaking research involving McMaster University researchers shows that a specially designed video game can ... | |
Broccoli could reverse the heart damaging effects of diabetes August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Researchers have discovered eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels. | |
Wheezing After Early-Life Antibiotics: Blame the Underlying Chest Infection More Than the Antibiotics August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are given antibiotics in their first three months often wheeze at 15 months of age. However, this wheezing is probably more due to the presence of chest infections than to the use of antibiotics. | |
Study finds connections between genetics, brain activity and preference August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of ... | |
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