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Brain research shows two parents may be better than one

A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Texting affects ability to interpret words

(Medical Xpress) -- Research designed to understand the effect of text messaging on language found that texting has a negative impact on people's linguistic ability to interpret and accept words.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study identifies a new way brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study challenges conventional thinking about how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease. The findings demonstrate a previously unknown mechanism by which the cells die and will help lead researchers ...

Medical research created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

When it comes to warm-up, less is more

New study in the Journal of Applied Physiology suggests that low intensity warm-ups enhance athletic performance.

Other created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bored? This is anything but tedious

Boredom: Children are quick to distastefully proclaim it and adults are quick to deny it. But University of Calgary Greek and Roman Studies professor Peter Toohey says there is nothing wrong with boredom after all. In fact, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 25, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Doctors find new way to predict recurrent stroke

New research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, ...

Cardiology created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds stress hormones fluctuate with mood during pregnancy

(Medical Xpress) -- While pregnant, women pay particular attention to factors such as diet and exercise to ensure their babies are born healthy and develop normally. New research from the University of Calgary’s Faculty ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New way to image bleeding in arteries of the brain

New research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute shows that by using a CT scan (computerized tomography), doctors can predict which patients are at risk of continued bleeding in the brain after a stroke. ...

Neuroscience created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solving the mystery of blood clotting

How and when our blood clots is one of those incredibly complex and important processes in our body that we rarely think about. If your blood doesn't clot and you cut yourself, you could bleed to death, if ...

Medical research created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unexpected discovery reveals a new mechanism for how the cerebellum extracts signal from noise

Research at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) has demonstrated the novel expression of an ion channel in Purkinje cells – specialized neurons in the cerebellum, the area of the brain responsible ...

Neuroscience created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein heals wounds, boosts immunity and protects from cancer

Hans Vogel, a professor in the biological sciences department, is the guest editor of a special issue of the journal Biochemistry and Cell Biology that focuses on lactoferrin, an important iron-binding protein with many h ...

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shines light on how stress circuits learn

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including ...

Neuroscience created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Some answers about orthotics: Researchers examine effectiveness of shoe inserts

It's one of those mysteries that has baffled runners and running doctors for decades: Why do orthotics work?

Health created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research provides new hope for those suffering from Crohn's disease

Researchers from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a pathway that may contribute to the symptoms related to ...

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast