Brains recover in time

Neurological damage in very small premature babies may decrease over time, according to research that tracked children through age 8 and found substantial mental gains. Many youngsters once considered retarded ended up scoring in the nearly normal range on tests of verbal function and IQ, a new study found.

HIV :: Gel stalls HIV

Hope is growing that a simple vaginal gel could help to stem the global spread of HIV. A squirt of antibody, which prevents the virus burying into human cells, seems to curb sexual transmission of HIV between monkeys. “We’re encouraged,” says lead researcher John Moore of Cornell University.

Colas knock out teeth

Poor dietary habits threatens to leave a generation with permanent damage to oral and overall health. “Premature loss of tooth enamel and weakening of overall tooth structure are two devastating oral affects of teens’ poor diet that can not be reversed,” explains Jane Soxman, author of a study that appears in the latest issue of General Dentistry.

Lucky brains are always happy

In March 2000, some of the USA’s top psychologists and neuroscientists came to India for a research collaboration – with the Dalai Lama. They wanted to find ways in which people can better control their destructive emotions. Some results of that research have begun to emerge.

Herbal Remedies – natural treatment – take care

A Woman who has been taking a prescription for her high blood pressure was advised by a friend to see an herbalist, who sold her a bag full of remedies. Now, the woman admits, she knows almost nothing about those remedies. Nor has she told her doctor about them.