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How to find the best medical information online

If you turn to Google before turning to a doctor when you're feeling icky, you're not alone.

Health created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A scanner for hereditary defects

Our genetic material is constantly exposed to damage, which the body's own proteins normally repair. One of these proteins works like a scanner, continually scouring the genetic material for signs of damage. ...

Genetics created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pavlov's rats? Rodents trained to link rewards to visual cues

In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain's initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can "learn" time intervals and ...

Neuroscience created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First special edition updating progress on efforts to map human proteins

Almost 10 years after completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists are making progress toward the next major goal in applying the genetic information in that "Book of Life" in medicine, leaders of an international ...

Genetics created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can changes in nutrition labeling help consumers make better food choices?

The Nutrition Facts label was introduced 20 years ago and provides consumers with important information, including: the serving size, the number of servings in the package, the number of calories per serving, and the amount ...

Health created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Accelerated cognitive decline seen with T2DM in middle age

(HealthDay)—Middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes show accelerated cognitive decline in information processing speed and executive function, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Ca ...

Diabetes created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Facebook makes users envious, dissatisfied

In a joint research study conducted by the Department of Information Systems of the TU Darmstadt (Prof. Dr. Peter Buxmann) and the Institute of Information Systems of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Dr. Hanna Krasnova), ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers expose new vulnerabilities in the security of personal genetic information

Using only a computer, an Internet connection, and publicly accessible online resources, a team of Whitehead Institute researchers has been able to identify nearly 50 individuals who had submitted personal genetic material ...

Genetics created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists show how decision-making processes are influenced by neurons

Whether in society or nature, decisions are often the result of complex interactions between many factors. Because of this it is usually difficult to determine how much weight the different factors have in making a final ...

Neuroscience created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

ACP recommends Stage 3 Meaningful Use focus on measuring improvements in health outcomes

Stage 3 Meaningful Use measures need to focus more on measuring improvements in patient health outcomes rather being than a large and growing collection of functional measures, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says ...

Health created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers pioneer virtual reality to help athletes after concussions

Penn State may be the first institution to use virtual reality to protect student athletes from the very real consequences of concussions. University researchers in kinesiology, information technology and ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research refutes claim iPSCs are prone to immune response

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Japan have injected induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from mice back into genetically identical mice and report that doing so caused no immune reaction. This contradicts the results ...

Medical research created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Scientists examine the neurobiology of decision making

(Medical Xpress)—We know that casting a ballot in the voting booth involves politics, values and personalities. But before you ever push the button for your candidate, your brain has already carried out an election of its ...

Neuroscience created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More changes in health care needed to fulfill promise of health information technology

Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2012 was worst year for whooping cough since 1955

Health officials say 2012 was the nation's worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0