Health
Exposure to PM 2.5 linked to decline in episodic memory
(HealthDay)—Long-term exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter
Dec 12, 2019
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News tagged with recall
Medications
More blood pressure drugs recalled
The recall of the commonly prescribed blood pressure drug losartan has been expanded once again to include an additional five lots.
Sep 25, 2019
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Health
Researchers use Amazon reviews and AI to predict product recalls
An AI named BERT identified recalled foods from Amazon customer reviews with 74-percent accuracy, then found thousands of potentially unsafe but unrecalled products.
Aug 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Deep brain stimulation modifies memory
Deep brain stimulation of the cingulate cortex worsens memory recall, according to research in epilepsy patients published in JNeurosci. The technique could be a way to target specific brain areas in the treatment of memory ...
Jul 29, 2019
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Medical research
A small electrical zap to the brain could help you retrieve a forgotten memory
A study by UCLA psychologists provides strong evidence that a certain region of the brain plays a critical role in memory recall. The research, published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, also shows for the first ...
May 31, 2019
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Neuroscience
The brain's auto-complete function
When looking at a picture of a sunny day at the beach, we can almost smell the scent of sun screen. Our brain often completes memories and automatically brings back to mind the different elements of the original experience. ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Health
Tyson recalls chicken strips due to metal fears
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is recalling more than 69,000 pounds (31,297 kilograms) of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal.
Mar 22, 2019
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Medications
Researchers find anesthetic can muddle specific memories
A team of researchers from Spain, the U.S. and the Netherlands has found that giving people propofol can lead to muddied memory recall of specific incidents. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group ...
Medications
Making sense of the recent blood pressure drug recalls
(HealthDay)—People taking blood pressure medications have faced a frightening and bewildering series of pharmaceutical recalls in recent months, as trace amounts of cancer-causing chemicals have been discovered in individual ...
Mar 8, 2019
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Medications
Expanded recall of warfarin level monitoring test strips
(HealthDay)—Certain lots of Roche Diagnostics test strips should not be used with CoaguChek test meter devices to check levels of the blood thinner warfarin because patients may get inaccurate results and be at risk for ...
Feb 5, 2019
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