Archive: 03/09/2013

Single tone alerts brain to complete sound pattern

The processing of sound in the brain is more advanced than previously thought. When we hear a tone, our brain temporarily strengthens that tone but also any tones separated from it by one or more octaves. A research team ...

Sep 3, 2013

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Creating a 'window' to the brain: Novel transparent skull implant provide new treatment options

A team of University of California, Riverside researchers have developed a novel transparent skull implant that literally provides a "window to the brain", which they hope will eventually open new treatment options for patients ...

Sep 3, 2013

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Being underweight increases death risk of CAD women by two-fold

Being underweight increases the death risk of women with coronary artery disease (CAD) by 2-fold, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr Aziza Azimi from Denmark. The study suggests that underweight ...

Sep 3, 2013

Peru: Liver cancer like no other

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the third most deadly. It mainly affects men over the age of 40, most often with cirrhosis or hepatitis B or C. But in Peru, it also uncharacteristically affects ...

Sep 3, 2013

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Short-term blood sugar control in patients with diabetes has limited effect on risk of cardiovascular problems

(Medical Xpress)—An international study has shown that short-term blood sugar control in patients with diabetes has a limited effect on their risk of cardiovascular problems, such as heart disease and stroke.

Sep 3, 2013

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Sip on this: Do diet drinks make you fatter?

Diet drinks are no help in the fight against obesity and may actually encourage over-eating, according to a US academic who recently argued this point in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Sep 3, 2013

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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy offers no benefit beyond ICD therapy in narrow-QRS heart failure patients

The Echocardiography Guided Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (EchoCRT) study showed CRT, a standard of care in heart failure patients with a wide QRS, is not beneficial in patients with heart failure and a narrow QRS complex, ...

Sep 3, 2013

Early palliative care avoids emergency stress

Cancer patients who receive early access to community-based palliative care are less likely to go to the emergency department coming towards the end of their life, according to Curtin University research.

Sep 3, 2013

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Study quantifies direct effect of alcohol misuse on 20-somethings

University of Otago, Christchurch researchers have for the first time quantified exactly what damage alcohol abuse is inflicting on 20-somethings, and in turn society.

Sep 3, 2013

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Slow-down in the rising weight of most English adults

(Medical Xpress)—The trend of increasing body mass index (BMI) may be slowing down in most English adults, according to research published by researchers from The University of Manchester online in the International Journal ...

Sep 3, 2013

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Archive: 03/09/2013

Single tone alerts brain to complete sound pattern

Creating a 'window' to the brain: Novel transparent skull implant provide new treatment options

Being underweight increases death risk of CAD women by two-fold

Peru: Liver cancer like no other

Short-term blood sugar control in patients with diabetes has limited effect on risk of cardiovascular problems

Sip on this: Do diet drinks make you fatter?

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy offers no benefit beyond ICD therapy in narrow-QRS heart failure patients

Early palliative care avoids emergency stress

Study quantifies direct effect of alcohol misuse on 20-somethings

Slow-down in the rising weight of most English adults

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