Archive: 02/06/2016

New model of Alzheimer's patient emotions can help guide health care

A recent study published in The Gerontologist says understanding the emotional reactions of individuals diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) will provide health care professionals with ...

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Ageing in harmony—why the third act of life should be musical

It's never too late to pick up a musical instrument. In fact there are many reasons why it's a great idea, particularly in old age.

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Bacteriophage cocktail shows significant promise for Clostridium difficile infections

A new University of Leicester study has confirmed the therapeutic potential of bacteriophage combinations to treat highly infectious bacteria C. difficile infections (CDI) while retaining a healthy gut.

Jun 2, 2016

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Hormone causes decline in cognition after social stress

How does stress influence our cognitive performance? This is an issue scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have been dealing with. For the first time, they have identified a brain mechanism that ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Unexpected similarities between male and female brains

The male and female brains have more in common than media reports often suggest, argues Julia Gottwald, a third year PhD student at the Department of Psychiatry. She explains what we understand about the similarities and ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Regulation of semiochemicals in inflammation

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a central signalling substance of the immune system and involved in many inflammatory processes. Blocking this molecule is the foundation of modern treatment against inflammatory diseases ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Telehealth interventions provide limited health benefits, concludes study

There is considerable optimism amongst policy-makers that greater use of digital health technologies ('telehealth') in combination with new ways of working could transform health care delivery, helping the NHS to be sustainable ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Mice on wheels show scientists how exercise benefits their brains

The relentless desire by mice to run on cage "exercise" wheels has helped explain at a molecular level how exercise benefits a mammal's brain.

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Lack of diagnosis creates added risks for those with dementia

A Johns Hopkins study on data from more than 7,000 older Americans has found that those who show signs of probable dementia but are not yet formally diagnosed are nearly twice as likely as those with such a diagnosis to engage ...

Jun 2, 2016

Scientists create mice with hyper-long telomeres without altering the genes

The Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with the Centre's Transgenic Mice Core Unit, has succeeded in creating mice in the laboratory with hyper-long telomeres ...

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