Smell test helps spot brain trauma in combat zones, study says
(HealthDay)—Testing soldiers' sense of smell can help diagnose those with traumatic brain injury, a new study shows.
Mar 27, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Testing soldiers' sense of smell can help diagnose those with traumatic brain injury, a new study shows.
Mar 27, 2015
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Scientists are teaming up to use satellite data to target deadly parasites to help predict patterns of parasitic diseases such as malaria, worms and hydatids.
Feb 14, 2015
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One of this century's most significant mathematical discoveries may reduce the number of measuring points to one-sixth of the present level. This means reduced exposure to radiation and faster medical imaging diagnostics.
Jan 26, 2015
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Our sense of touch is one we often take for granted, until our leg falls asleep and we aren't able to stand, or when we experience acute pain. The sense of touch also has been taken for granted in neuroscience, where it's ...
Jan 6, 2015
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Whether we're paying attention to something we see can be discerned by monitoring the firings of specific groups of brain cells. Now, new work from Johns Hopkins shows that the same holds true for the sense of touch. The ...
Dec 9, 2014
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A team led by biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in neuroscience by identifying the "mechanoreceptor" protein that mediates the sense of touch in mammals.
Dec 3, 2014
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For older adults, being unable to identify scents is a strong predictor of death within five years, according to a study published October 1, 2014, in the journal PLOS ONE. Thirty-nine percent of study subjects who failed ...
Oct 1, 2014
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"Make sure you play fairly," often say parents to their kids. In fact, children do not need encouragement to be fair, it is a unique feature of human social life, which emerges in childhood. When given the opportunity to ...
Sep 19, 2014
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Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell?
Jul 21, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—The ear is an important organ that allows us to perceive the world around us. However, very few of us are aware that not only the ear cup but also our skull bone can receive and conduct sounds. Tatjana ...
Jun 27, 2014
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