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When being scared twice is enough to remember

One of the brain's jobs is to help us figure out what's important enough to be remembered. Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have achieved some insight into how fleeting experiences become ...

Neuroscience created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Knee injections for arthritis? Save your money, study says

(HealthDay) -- It's not good news for baby boomers with arthritic knees: Injections of hyaluronic acid have little effect on pain and no effect on function, according to a new analysis.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early identification and treatment of septic shock to save lives

(Medical Xpress) -- Recognition of severe septic shock early and starting a patient on an effective antibiotic treatment immediately is critical to saving lives, according to an editorial by two Virginia Commonwealth University ...

Medications created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Key gene found responsible for chronic inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a single gene that simultaneously controls inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer.

Genetics created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer clinical trial tests combo of heat shock protein inhibitor and hormonal therapy

Pushed to the brink of survival, the hyper-driven cells of a cancerous tumor tap into an ancient system that has helped organisms cope with internal stresses and environmental challenges since life began. As an integral part ...

Cancer created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combination antibiotic treatment does not result in less organ failure in adults with severe sepsis

Frank M. Brunkhorst, M.D., of Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and colleagues conducted a study to compare the effect of the antibiotics moxifloxacin and meropenem with the effect of meropenem monotherapy on ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers investigate hockey board safety

Hockey is one of the toughest sports games. Players need both finesse and speed on the ice, but they also need to be strong. Being slammed into the boards or glass while chasing the puck is hard on the body. ...

Other created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain injury to soldiers can arise from exposure to a single explosion: study

A team of investigators have shown evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in brain tissue from blast-exposed military service personnel.

Medical research created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify Achilles heel of dengue virus, target for future vaccines

A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University have pinpointed the region on dengue virus that is neutralized in people who overcome infection with the deadly pathogen. ...

Medical research created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treatment hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

An international team led by the University of Melbourne Australia, has found that increasing a specific protein in muscles could help treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe and progressive muscle wasting disease ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cardiac shock wave therapy improves angina symptoms

(HealthDay) -- Cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) can significantly improve symptoms, ischemic threshold during exercise, and specific quality-of-life parameters for patients with chronic refractory angina ...

Cardiology created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medicare/Medicaid rule increases costs without improving patient outcomes for defibrillator implants

The cost to place an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) increased by $844 per case after a new requirement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) went into effect in February 2010, according to ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study explains how shock therapy might ease severe depression

(HealthDay) -- A small new study gives insight into how electroshock therapy, an effective yet poorly understood treatment for severe depression, affects the brains of depressed people.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find potential solution to melanoma's resistance to vemurafenib

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in California have found that the XL888 inhibitor can prevent resistance to the chemotherapy drug vemurafenib, commonly used for treating patients with melanoma.

Cancer created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover new 'off switch' in immune response

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new 'off switch' in our immune response which could be boosted in diseases caused by over-activation of our immune system, or blocked to improve vaccines. The findings ...

Immunology created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast