Archive: 09/05/2012
Culturally sensitive research in United Arab Emirates pinpoints indoor air quality risks
The rapid shift from nomadic life to modern-day culture in the United Arab Emirates has exposed residents to significant indoor air quality risks that can lead to respiratory illness, according to a new study from the University ...
May 9, 2012
Scientists identify neurotranmitters that lead to forgetting
While we often think of memory as a way of preserving the essential idea of who we are, little thought is given to the importance of forgetting to our wellbeing, whether what we forget belongs in the "horrible memories department" ...
May 9, 2012
In brief: Larger font packs more emotional punch
Bigger words literally those printed in larger font size elicit stronger emotional brain responses, reports a study published May 9 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
May 9, 2012
Study: No difference in results by race with standard heart failure treatment
A traditional treatment for heart failure appears to be equally protective in preventing death or hospitalization among African-American patients, as compared to white patients, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital ...
May 9, 2012
Response to first drug treatment may signal likelihood of future seizures in people with epilepsy
How well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment may signal the likelihood that they will continue to have more seizures, according to a study published in the May 9, 2012, online issue ...
May 9, 2012
New criteria provide guidance about when to use cardiac catheterization to look for heart problems
Cardiac catheterization an invasive diagnostic procedure that allows doctors to see the vessels and arteries leading to the heart and its chambers is performed thousands of times in the United States each year ...
May 9, 2012
Researchers use genomics to identify a molecular-based treatment for a viral skin cancer
Four years after they discovered the viral roots of a rare skin cancer, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the School of Medicine have now identified a molecule activated by this virus ...
May 9, 2012