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A brain training exercise that really does work
(Medical Xpress) -- Forget about working crossword puzzles and listening to Mozart. If you want to improve your ability to reason and solve new problems, just take a few minutes every day to do a maddening little exercise ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 30, 2011 |
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Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Biologists find potential drug that speeds cellular recycling
A University of Michigan cell biologist and his colleagues have identified a potential drug that speeds up trash removal from the cell's recycling center, the lysosome.
Medical research
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Stem-cell-growing surface enables bone repair
(Medical Xpress) -- University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. ...
Medical research
May 23, 2012 |
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Old drug may point the way to new treatments for diabetes and obesity
Researchers at the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute have found that amlexanox, an off-patent drug currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and other uses, also reverses obesity, diabetes ...
Medical research
Feb 10, 2013 |
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Lift weights to lower blood sugar? White muscle helps keep blood glucose levels under control
Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful.
Medical research
Apr 07, 2013 |
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Expensive egos: Narcissism has a higher health cost for men
The personality trait narcissism may have an especially negative effect on the health of men, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth
Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.
Cancer
Oct 31, 2012 |
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A better brain implant: Slim electrode cozies up to single neurons
(Medical Xpress)—A thin, flexible electrode developed at the University of Michigan is 10 times smaller than the nearest competition and could make long-term measurements of neural activity practical at ...
Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller
Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers.
Neuroscience
Jan 02, 2013 |
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Got creative block? Get out of your office and go for a walk
(Medical Xpress) -- The next time you're in need of creative inspiration, try thinking outside the box—or cubicle.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Research identifies potential antibiotic alternative to treat infection without resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a potential alternative to conventional antibiotics that could fight infection with a reduced risk of antibiotic resistance.
Medical research
Feb 20, 2012 |
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New evidence touch-sensing nerve cells may fuel 'ringing in the ears'
We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System ...
Neuroscience
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Sticks and stones: "That's so gay" negatively affects gay students
(Medical Xpress)—People may believe words are not harmful, but the phrase "that's so gay" can have negative consequences for gay, lesbian or bisexual students, a new University of Michigan study indicated.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Nonverbal power cues: Higher rankings lead to less cooperative facial expressions
(Medical Xpress) -- New University of Michigan research indicates that people in higher-ranked positions tend to exhibit facial expressions that are perceived by others as less cooperative, influencing how others react to ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 23, 2011 |
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