http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Marcus Santellan's aunt says he's more talkative at home, using longer sentences, now that he's in an exercise program at Arizona State University. The young man with Down syndrome (DS) is helping ASU researchers find out whether intense, assisted exercise can improve cognitive, motor and emotional functioning in adolescents with DS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-intervention-syndrome.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:30:05 EST news281780245 By using noninvasive stimulation, researchers were able to temporarily improve the ability of people with spinal cord injuries to use their hands. The findings, reported on November 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, hold promise in treating thousands of people in the United States alone who are partially paralyzed due to spinal cord injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-spinal-cord-injury-noninvasive.html Neuroscience Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:59:22 EST news273416324 (Medical Xpress)—Office workers who wonder why there are so many new framed pictures of piglets, calves, and puppies in the employee lunch room may learn their boss has read about research coming from Japan. Hiroshima University researchers say they have experiments to show that looking at pictures of cute baby animals can have an impact on worker performance. Not only happiness but the power of concentration can stem from seeing kawaii (cute) animals, according to the research. As box-office earnings by Hollywood studios from their animated films can also suggest, little animals with big eyes and large heads stir positive feelings of friendliness and nurturing. Now the study says pictures of baby animals can translate into good worker performance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-kawaii-power-sharpens-worker-focus.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:30:01 EST news268372511 Sepsis, or bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is a grave, hard-to-diagnose threat in premature newborns in the NICU. Even when it's detected and treated with antibiotics, its inflammatory effects can harm fragile babies' development. Now, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have modeled the effects of sepsis on the unique newborn immune system, using mice. They and others have begun using the model to identify diagnostic markers and better treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sepsis-newborns.html Medical research Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:00:06 EST news266169400 Differences in male and female behaviour are often subject to study. Women are known to be more verbally fluent, have better manual dexterity and are better at noticing things (like a new haircut). Men on the other hand often take less time parking their cars and have less trouble than women in navigating in a new city. The latter capacities, in which men tend to excel, are known as visuo-spatial abilities. A new study has demonstrated that men have a similar advantage in their hearing. The findings are published in the June 2011 issue of Cortex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-localization-cocktail-parties-easier-men.html Neuroscience Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:19:15 EST news228655148 People who use a mist inhaler to deliver a drug widely prescribed in more than 55 countries to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be 52 percent more likely to die, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-safety-mist-inhalers-common-drug.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:13:05 EST news227329923