Archive: 04/13/2011
Your flaws are my pain
Today, there is increasing exposure of individuals to a public audience. Television shows and the internet provide platforms for this and, at times, allow observing others' flaws and norm transgressions. Regardless of whether ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Preparing for a cool life -- seasonal changes in lipid composition
We are all encouraged to eat polyunsaturated fatty acids, as these are "good for us". The (relative) levels of particular classes of polyunsaturated fatty acids have been associated with a plethora of human illnesses. The ...
Medical research
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Challenges in stemming the spread of resistant bacteria in intensive care
A new research study of the effect of a commonly used strategy to reduce the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital intensive care units (ICU) shows that the strategy had no significant effect. That's the surprising ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Toronto XVIV0 Lung Perfusion System allows high-risk lungs to be safely transplanted
For the first time, scientists at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network have shown in a clinical trial that the Toronto XVIVO System can safely and effectively treat, re-assess and improve the function of high-risk ...
Other
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An advance for a newborn vaccine approach
(PhysOrg.com) -- Infectious disease is a huge cause of death globally, and is a particular threat to newborns whose immune systems respond poorly to most vaccines. A new approach developed at Children's Hospital Boston, using ...
Medical research
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Neurons play role in controlling innate immunity in presence of pathogens
There is finally definitive proof in a preclinical study published in Science on April 7 about which sensory neurons control innate (inborn and immediate) immunity in a pathogen’s presence.
Medical research
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Higher CCSVI prevalence confirmed in MS, but meaning of findings remains unclear
A just released study on the relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic cerebral venous insufficiency (CCSVI), a narrowing of the extracranial veins that restricts the normal outflow of blood from the brain, ...
Medical research
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Making temporary changes to brain could speed up learning, study reports
In a breakthrough that may aid treatment of learning impairments, strokes, tinnitus and chronic pain, UT Dallas researchers have found that brain nerve stimulation accelerates learning in laboratory tests.
Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Treating high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
Treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other vascular risk factors may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people who already show signs of declining thinking skills or memory problems. The ...
Neuroscience
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Differences in brain structure indicate risk for developing Alzheimer's disease
Subtle differences in brain anatomy among older individuals with normal cognitive skills may be able to predict both the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the following decade and how quickly symptoms of dementia ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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New drug may reduce seizures in epilepsy
A new drug called perampanel appears to significantly reduce seizures in people with hard-to-control epilepsy, according to results of the first clinical trial to test the higher 12 mg dose of the drug. The late-breaking ...
Neuroscience
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Study links inflammation in brain to some memory decline
High levels of a protein associated with chronic, low-grade inflammation in the brain correlate with aspects of memory decline in otherwise cognitively normal older adults, according to a study led by scientists at the University ...
Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Scientists find that normal breast cells help kill cancer cells
It is well known that the human body has a highly developed immune system to detect and destroy invading pathogens and tumor cells. Now, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National ...
Cancer
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Are your values right or left? The answer is more literal than you think
Up equals good, happy, optimistic; down the opposite. Right is honest and trustworthy. Left, not so much. That's what language and culture tell us. "We use mental metaphors to structure our thinking about abstract things," ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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The TET1 enzyme steers us through fetal development and fights cancer
To ensure normal fetal development and prevent disease, it is crucial that certain genes are on or off in the right time intervals. Researchers in Professor Kristian Helin's group at BRIC, University of Copenhagen, ...
Cancer
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