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Flu shot does not reduce risk of death Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 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.

Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Sleight of hand and sense of self Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (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, ...

Brain physiology of prenatal alcohol exposure uncovered Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta researchers have identified several regions of the brain that appear to be altered in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

New role for natural killers Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at the University of York have discovered a new role for a population of white blood cells, which may lead to improved treatments for chronic infections and cancer.

Scientists' findings may lead to new drug-abuse treatments Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Increased connections among brain cells caused by excessive drug use may represent the body's defense mechanism to combat addiction and related behaviors, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Cocaine-induced brain plasticity may protect the addicted brain Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A new study has unraveled some of the mysteries of the cocaine-addicted brain and may pave the way for the design of more effective treatments for drug addiction. The research, published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue ...

Subliminal learning demonstrated in the human brain Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Study examines use of opioids Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than 4 million are taking them regularly (at least five days per week, ...

Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on after ...

Scientists unmask brain's hidden potential Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

High cholesterol levels drop naturally in children on high-fat anti-seizure diet, study show Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's ...

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, ...

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Flu shot does not reduce risk of death Medicine & Health / Research August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 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.

Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective Medicine & Health / Research August 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Sleight of hand and sense of self Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (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, ...

Brain physiology of prenatal alcohol exposure uncovered Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta researchers have identified several regions of the brain that appear to be altered in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

New role for natural killers Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at the University of York have discovered a new role for a population of white blood cells, which may lead to improved treatments for chronic infections and cancer.

Scientists' findings may lead to new drug-abuse treatments Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Increased connections among brain cells caused by excessive drug use may represent the body's defense mechanism to combat addiction and related behaviors, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Cocaine-induced brain plasticity may protect the addicted brain Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet A new study has unraveled some of the mysteries of the cocaine-addicted brain and may pave the way for the design of more effective treatments for drug addiction. The research, published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue ...

Subliminal learning demonstrated in the human brain Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Study examines use of opioids Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than 4 million are taking them regularly (at least five days per week, ...

Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on after ...

Scientists unmask brain's hidden potential Medicine & Health / Research August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

High cholesterol levels drop naturally in children on high-fat anti-seizure diet, study show Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's ...

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, ...

Flu shot does not reduce risk of death

Rapid changes in key Alzheimer's protein described in humans

Tiny 3-D ultrasound probe guides catheter procedures

Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective

Sleight of hand and sense of self

Brain physiology of prenatal alcohol exposure uncovered

New role for natural killers

Scientists' findings may lead to new drug-abuse treatments

Cocaine-induced brain plasticity may protect the addicted brain

Subliminal learning demonstrated in the human brain

Study examines use of opioids

Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants

Scientists unmask brain's hidden potential

High cholesterol levels drop naturally in children on high-fat anti-seizure diet, study show

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure

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