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Diet :: Hoodia Diet Pills

While various researchers are continually at work on the crisis of obesity, a latest hope has been discovered for millions of people. A plant called Hoodia, which grows in South Africa, and may be the first ever natural appetite suppressant .

HIV :: Methamphetamine abuse, HIV infection cause changes in brain

New research published in the August 2005 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry indicates that methamphetamine abuse and HIV infection cause significant alterations in the size of certain brain structures, and in both cases the changes may be associated with impaired cognitive functions, such as difficulties in learning new information, solving problems, maintaining attention and quickly processing information.

ADHD :: Children of smokers have more attention deficit

Dr. Karen Linnet and fellow researchers at Aarhus University in Copenhagen, Denmark, matched 170 hyperactive children with 3,800 of their peers of the same age.

DHA :: Healthy new future for omega-3 grains

In a world first CSIRO Food Futures Flagship has developed plants that produce DHA, a healthy omega-3 oil component normally only available from fish sources, and vital for human health.

Aphasia :: Alexia disorder or word blindness or visual aphasia

Alexia, or word blindness, is an acquired type of sensory aphasia where trauma to the brain causes a patient to lose the ability to read. It is also called text blindness, or visual aphasia.

Epilepsy :: Heat spreader for epileptic seizure treatment device

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers are developing a tiny, highly efficient heat spreader to be used in a new device to be implanted in the brain of patients who suffer from severe epileptic seizures.

Genetic Disorder :: Lorenzo’s oil for debilitating disease adrenoleukodystrophy

Treatment of boys with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) with Lorenzo’s oil (LO) reduced their risk of developing the severe debilitating form of the disease, according to a study in the July issue of the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Parkinson’s Disease :: Dopamine agonist therapy – pathological gambling behavior

Eleven patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) developed pathological gambling behavior following dopamine agonist therapy, a drug therapy to control movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease, according to a study posted online today which will appear in the September print issue of the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Stress :: Managing Stress with Good Health and Stress management

The fast pace of life is taking toll on very city dweller, right from students to home makers and workers to managers, every body is hit by the bug of the stress. Modern technological development and communication aids are adding to the stress because of their high speed.

DHA :: What is DHA and ARA

DHA is the scientific shorthand for docosahexaenoic acid. ARA stands for arachidonic acid.