Archive: 04/20/2012
Changes in genetic function in the brain linked to Alzheimer's
Changes in the epigenome, a structure that controls the function of genes, were found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
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Training teens to handle emotions improves mental health
Teens who received emotional intelligence training in school had improved scores on several measures of emotional well-being, including less anxiety, depression and social stress, according to a new study ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Migraine patients find pain relief in electrical brain stimulation
Chronic migraine sufferers saw significant pain relief after four weeks of electrical brain stimulation in the part of the brain responsible for voluntary movement, the motor cortex, according to a new study.
Medical research
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Brain scans reveal differences in regret as people age
(Medical Xpress) -- New research using brains scans shows that many elderly people have over time either learned to not stew over things they regret or to not regret them at all. Those that don’t learn such skills tend ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Experiment shows visual cortex in women quiets when viewing porn
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Groningen Medical Centre in the Netherlands have found that for women at least, watching pornographic videos tends to quiet the part of the brain most heavily involved ...
Neuroscience
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Trial tests effectiveness of treatments for chronic neck pain
People with chronic neck pain in the York area are being offered the chance to take part in a major clinical trial into the effectiveness of Alexander Technique lessons and acupuncture sessions.
Medical research
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Girls born in 2009 will have shorter lives than their mothers in hundreds of U.S. counties
Nationwide, women’s lifespans are improving at a much slower pace than men's. In hundreds of U.S. counties, women are living shorter lives today than they did two decades ago, according to new county-by-county ...
Health
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Sports safety: Get geared up and always warm up
April is Youth Sports Safety Month. Each year, more than 3.5 million children under the age of 15 are treated for sports injuries nationwide. Roughly half of these injuries are sustained in solo activities, ...
Other
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A promising discovery for breast cancer therapy
(Medical Xpress) -- Could engineered human stem cells hold the key to cancer survival? Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research ...
Cancer
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A woman's main focus moves off her partner once grandchildren arrive
A new study suggests that a woman's most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Cardiovascular disease risk of high normal blood pressure decreases in old age
High normal blood pressure becomes less of a risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) with age, according to a new study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology.
Cardiology
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Stopping smoking is hard despite success of smoke-free legislation
The successful implementation of smokefree legislation in Hong Kong has led to an overall decrease in the total number of smokers but the remaining smokers who are finding it difficult to quit are going on to become "hardcore" ...
Addiction
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Women with heart disease more likely to have baby girls
Dubai (20 April 2012): Women with heart disease are more likely to give birth to female rather than male babies according to a new study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology. The study found that three-quarters ...
Cardiology
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AIDS experts launch 'CNN of virology' in Canada
A new digital media service will foster the global collaboration of physicians and help them to share the latest advances in AIDS and other virus research, according to its Canadian promoters.
HIV & AIDS
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Vietnam asks WHO to help identify killer disease
(AP) -- Vietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in an impoverished district in central Vietnam, an official said Friday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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