Archive: 26/12/2013
Researchers point to digital gains in human recognition
Human beings are highly efficient at recognizing familiar faces, even from very poor quality images.
Dec 26, 2013
Women report complications from Essure birth control
Angie Derry knew that her Essure implants were designed to remain inside her body forever. But two years after a doctor inserted the tiny coils into her fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, the Rockford, Ill., woman wants ...
Dec 26, 2013
Are concussions related to Alzheimer's disease?
A new study suggests that a history of concussion involving at least a momentary loss of consciousness may be related to the buildup of Alzheimer's-associated plaques in the brain. The research is published in the December ...
Dec 26, 2013
Antioxidant drug knocks down multiple sclerosis-like disease in mice
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that an antioxidant designed more than a dozen years ago to fight damage within human cells significantly helps symptoms in mice that have a multiple sclerosis-like ...
Dec 26, 2013