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Professor works toward a better brainwave monitor

The elec­trical out­puts of the brain con­tain mas­sive amounts of infor­ma­tion that could be a pow­erful resource if we could fully tap into it. Our brain processes things we see before any con­scious ...

Neuroscience created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

3Qs: Energy drinks: What's in your can?

Over the last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion has con­firmed it is inves­ti­gating health reports citing energy drinks 5-​​hour Energy and Mon­ster Energy as a pos­sible factor ...

Health created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Opioid overdose rates 'impossible' to ignore

(Medical Xpress)—Opioid over­dose now kills more people than both AIDS and homi­cides in America and has sur­passed auto­mo­bile acci­dents as the leading cause of acci­dental death in many states. According to the ...

Medications created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

3Qs: Patients' access to doctors' notes examined

In a pilot study called Open­Notes, more than 100 primary-​​care physi­cians vol­un­teered to invite more than 20,000 patients to review their doc­tors' notes fol­lowing an office visit to deter­mine ...

Health created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3Qs: Many questions remain in meningitis outbreak

In recent weeks, an out­break of fungal menin­gitis has infected more than 200 people and killed 15. The infec­tion was traced back to a steroidal injec­tion pre­pared at a com­pounding phar­macy based ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental illness and limited literacy

(Medical Xpress)—Approx­i­mately 47 per­cent of the U.S. pop­u­la­tion reads below an eighth-​​grade level, but the per­centage is sig­nif­i­cantly greater among people using public mental-​​health ser­vices, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Big visions' for solving environmental health issues

Many con­t­a­m­i­nants are easy for the public to spot, like emis­sions from the tailpipe of a car or the sludge from a mas­sive oil spill washing up on the ocean's shores.

Health created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fluoxetine increases aggressive behavior, affects brain development among adolescent hamsters

Fluoxetine was the first drug approved by the FDA for major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents, and to this date, it remains one of only two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) registered for ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study unveils clue to the origin of dyslexia

Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eating your fruits and veggies

(Medical Xpress)—Teenagers in gen­eral are rel­a­tively unhealthy eaters. But minority teens in par­tic­ular have higher rates of obe­sity and eat far fewer fruits and vegetables.

Health created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3Qs: Two thumbs down

Mobile-​​phone users who send dozens—or even hun­dreds—of text mes­sages per day may have begun to notice pain, tin­gling or numb­ness in their thumbs from exces­sive button pushing. Northeastern ...

Health created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The language of neural cells

Imagine if we could under­stand the lan­guage two neu­rons use to com­mu­ni­cate. We might learn some­thing about how thoughts and con­scious­ness are formed. At the very least, our improved under­standing ...

Neuroscience created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

3Qs: When painkillers kill

The U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion recently intro­duced a series of safety mea­sures designed to reduce the risk of extended-​​release and long-​​acting opioid med­ica­tions, ...

Medications created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3Qs: The fastest man on no legs

South African double-​​amputee Oscar Pis­to­rius will com­pete in the 400-​​meter sprint at the 2012 London Olympics wearing high-​​tech carbon-​​fiber ...

Other created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3Qs: Why a mosquito is more than just a summertime pest

You know that mos­quito bite you’re scratching like crazy on that hot, summer night? According to Rebeca Rosen­gaus, asso­ciate pro­fessor of biology in the Col­lege of Sci­ence, it may ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0