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Family therapy helps relieve depression symptoms in bipolar teens Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Family-focused therapy, when combined with medication, appears effective in stabilizing symptoms of depression among teens with bipolar disorder, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...

Children of older fathers more likely to have bipolar disorder Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Older age among fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Think back to when you slipped on the ice or in the shower: the ground rushing up, your feet shooting out, terror building even as your mind is working a mile a second to plot a soft landing.

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

Sex hormones link to heart risk Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Men are more prone to – and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age – and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.

Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An international study led by Canadian researchers has found that telmisartan, a medication used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke in people who are unable to tolerate ...

New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, research shows Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often ...

New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, ...

Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations Medicine & Health / Research August 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold ...

Researchers devise means to create blood by identifying earliest stem cells Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that ...

Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (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 ...

Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980.

Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet How do blood vessel cells understand that they should organise themselves in tubes and not in layers? A research group from Uppsala University shows for the first time that a special type of "instructor" molecule is needed ...

Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression ...

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Family therapy helps relieve depression symptoms in bipolar teens Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Family-focused therapy, when combined with medication, appears effective in stabilizing symptoms of depression among teens with bipolar disorder, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...

Children of older fathers more likely to have bipolar disorder Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Older age among fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Think back to when you slipped on the ice or in the shower: the ground rushing up, your feet shooting out, terror building even as your mind is working a mile a second to plot a soft landing.

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

Sex hormones link to heart risk Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Men are more prone to – and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age – and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.

Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An international study led by Canadian researchers has found that telmisartan, a medication used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke in people who are unable to tolerate ...

New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, research shows Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often ...

New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction Medicine & Health / Research August 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, ...

Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations Medicine & Health / Research August 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold ...

Researchers devise means to create blood by identifying earliest stem cells Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that ...

Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (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 ...

Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980.

Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet How do blood vessel cells understand that they should organise themselves in tubes and not in layers? A research group from Uppsala University shows for the first time that a special type of "instructor" molecule is needed ...

Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression ...

Family therapy helps relieve depression symptoms in bipolar teens

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function

Children of older fathers more likely to have bipolar disorder

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells

Sex hormones link to heart risk

Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke

New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, research shows

New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction

Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations

Researchers devise means to create blood by identifying earliest stem cells

Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes

Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion

Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures

Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant

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