http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of "mental sketch pad." In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers describe the molecular basis of this ability—the hallmark of human cognition—and describe how a breakdown of the system contributes to diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-human-cognition-slow-firing-neurons.html Neuroscience Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:17:02 EST news280584997 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have developed a powerful visual analytical approach to explore genetic data, enabling scientists to identify novel patterns of information that could be crucial to human health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-powerful-method-genetic.html Genetics Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:19:36 EST news258722358