Stroke :: New device for stroke patients improves walking
Among stroke survivors, one common difficulty is foot drop, a partial leg paralysis that prevents the foot from lifting — causing instability and difficulty walking.
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Drinking :: Binge drinking leads to neurocognitive deficits among college students
Alcoholics tend to have poorer neurocognitive functioning, including decision-making capabilities. A new study has found that binge drinking, common among college students, is associated with impaired decision making.
Alcohol :: The appetite-regulating peptide leptin influences alcohol craving for some alcoholics
Craving is an important contributor to the development and maintenance of alcoholism. New findings show that appetite-regulating peptides leptin and ghrelin influence alcohol craving.
Brain :: Finger length helps predict elementary exam results, study shows
The results of numeracy and literacy tests for seven-year-old children can be predicted by measuring the length of their fingers, shows new research.
Cancer :: Some Cancers Linked to Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
Some cancers seem to be linked to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Epilepsy :: NIH Outlines Plans for Study of Pediatric Seizures
The scenario unfolds almost every day in the United States. A crowd gathers at a playground, or perhaps on a soccer field. A child has fallen to the ground, gripped by a seizure.
Exercise :: Exercise to avoid medical bills
With more than 60 per cent of adults worldwide abstaining from sufficient physical activity, a top UN sports officials has sought a reversal of the trend, saying it saves huge amounts spent on medical bills.
Brain :: New adult brain cells may be central to lifelong learning
The steady formation of new brain cells in adults may represent more than merely a patching up of aging brains, a new study has shown. The new adult brain cells may serve to give the adult brain the same kind of learning ability that young brains have while still allowing the existing, mature circuitry to maintain stability.
Brain :: Check and balance for neuron activity provides insight into schizophrenia, seizures
Two genes important for human development and implicated in cancer and schizophrenia also help keep a healthy balance between excitation and inhibition of brain cells, researchers say.
Gene :: Scientists Identify Second Sleep Gene
A gene that controls the flow of potassium into cells is required to maintain normal sleep in fruit flies, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). Hyperkinetic (Hk) is the second gene identified by the SMPH group to have a profound effect on sleep in flies.