Aging :: Brain stents could give aging minds a boost
Doctors say older people who had a stent put into the main artery of their brain to prevent strokes got a real bonus.
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Mental Health :: Black Caribbean Immigrants and Mental Health
Black Caribbean immigrants now make up more than one-quarter of the Black population in New York City, Boston, Miami and other U.S. cities.
Muscular Dystrophy :: Creatine supplement may help people with muscular dystrophies
Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement used by weightlifters and sprinters to improve athletic performance, could lend muscle strength to people with muscular dystrophies.
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer therapy based on missile detection outlined in new book
A breast cancer treatment based on MIT research originally intended for detecting missiles is documented in a new book by Alan J. Fenn, an MIT researcher and inventor of the technique.
Autism :: Media coverage of autism differs dramatically
This disconnect between the scientific community and the popular media is starkly laid out in a study published in the February issue of Nature Reviews Neuroscience by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Trust :: To trust or not to trust your friends
Sometimes it is better to follow the advice of others rather than your own mind, even though you seem to have things under control. Not only humans but also fish follow this doctrine as shown by ecologists J?rgen Johnsson and Fredrik Sundstr?m of G?teborg University, Sweden, in the journal Ethology.
HIV :: HIV Dementia alarmingly high in Africa
An international study led by Johns Hopkins suggests that the rate of HIV-associated dementia is so high in sub-Saharan Africa that HIV dementia along with Alzheimer?s disease and dementia from strokes may be among the most common forms of dementia in the world.
Stroke :: Stroke treatment improves brain functions
Nearly half of patients showed statistically significant improvement in brain function, such as memory, judgement and reasoning after undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting, a minimally invasive treatment to prevent stroke.
Pain :: Chronic pain up almost 40 percent among US workers in past decade
A recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive on “Pain in the Workplace,” illustrates the impact of chronic pain among employees and employers.
Breast Cancer :: Hormone drug type makes survival difference in advanced breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitors, a type of hormone therapy used to treat advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women, result in a small but significant increase in overall survival when compared to other hormone treatments, according to a new systematic review of studies.