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Music Makes you Smarter

... saw no differences between the two groups when it came to the visual memory test. All of the participants had been playing instruments for one to five years. There was a direct relationship with the number of years of playing and the verbal memory skills. Children who had only been playing for one year ...

Twins Less Prone to Suicide Than Others

...or twins, regardless of their sex.// The findings came as a surprise because other studies have suggested that twins are slightly more prone to mental health problems than other people. "This should lead to a higher proportion of twins committing suicide compared to the general population," the research...

New Treatment for Some Cancers

...study also found that, after one injection, cancer came to a standstill for an average of 2.3 months. After more than one injection, this increased to seven months. The survival rate of patients who received more than one injection increased from seven to 13 months....

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...n the blood stream. About 20 years ago, scientists came up with the glycemic index, or GI, as a way to compare this. The body converts all carbohydrates -- from starches to table sugar -- into sugar molecules that are burned or stored. The faster carbs are broken down by the digestive system, the quicker...

New heart-healthy corn due in stores by 2007

... gama grass, a purple or orange-bloomed plant, and came up with a corn high in oleic fatty acid -- a type of unsaturated fat that raises levels of good cholesterol to prevent arteries from clogging.Oleic acid also lowers the bad cholesterol that damages the heart. Susan Duvick, a plant biologist who le...

House heads for Medicare drug vote

...oposal Monday.As initially drafted, the compromise came in at $395 billion over the next decade, $5 billion less than the amount set aside for the package under the fiscal 2004 budget outline, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis. That gave the plan's drafters room to sweeten the proposed...

Green Onions Blamed in Outbreak

...nated vegetables, have found that the green onions came from one or more farms in Mexico, the statement said....

Free Tissue Transfer Effective in Treating Massive Skin Cancers

...ace, ear, neck, or scalp. Flaps for reconstruction came from the abdomen, arm, or other areas of the body. Results were generally positive. At a follow-up, 25 of the patients had no evidence of disease. Twelve had a recurrence in the same area and three had a nearby recurrence. The cancer was found to h...

Vitamin- B Supplements Beneficial in Depression Treatment

...vitamin B12 in the patients' blood when they first came to the clinic and again at their six-month check up. Researchers then determined if the level of vitamin B12 played a role in the patients' outcomes. Researchers report the patients who responded fully to treatment had higher concentrations of vitam...

Debate On Marriage

..., fared better if they married. Thus researchers came to the conclusion that living with a partner is better for overall mental health, but women have a harder time recovering from break-ups....

Variations In ingredients From Brand to Brand

...in contents were added together, all but one still came up short of the totals on the packaging. Doctors say, that even if they were consulted by patients about possible interactions between their conventional medicines and St John's Wort, it would be impossible for them to know exactly how much hyperic...

Stroke Patients May Benefit By Wearing Cooling Helmets

...fter ischemic stroke. The temperature of the brain came down on surface cooling by Atleast 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit. It has also been noticed that the brain tends to function better in a cooler environment whereas organs like heart function better at normal body temperature. This type of cooling did not req...

‘Protein’ Produced By Overstressed Heart Muscle a Strong Indicator Of Heart Diseae

...ressure. A Swiss study included 452 patients who came to the hospital's ER in 2001 and 2002 with shortness of breath. To determine the cause -- congestive heart failure, a respiratory disease or something else -- all got physicals, standard blood tests, a chest X-ray and an electrocardiogram, or EKG. Ha...

New Treatment For Headache

...til now. The answer to Eric’s pain and headaches came from a pain specialist at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago. To relieve the pain, electrodes were connected to nerves that exit the brain. An implanted battery then sends signals through the neck to turn off the pain. Specialists say , each n...

Radiation Therapy An Effective Solution For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

... and also underwent radiotherapy when their cancer came back. Researchers found after nearly four years, 50 percent of patients had their disease progress after receiving radiation. Ten percent of patients had their cancer spread to distant organs, and 4 percent of patients died from prostate cancer durin...

Cancer Patients and Sleeplessness

...ssness as compared to healthy people.// "When it came down to night, I couldn't sleep. No matter how many sheep fly over that bed, it's not going to help," says Angel Colon who had a relative suffering from cancer. Sleep Medicine Specialist Gina Graci, Ph.D., from Northwestern University in Chicago, s...

Side Effects Of Some Common Drugs

...ory problems. Researchers studied 70 patients who came to the hospital with troublesome swelling of their...erapy. But a significant minority -- 24 percent -- came down with the symptoms after longer treatment, in some cases up to five years. Respiratory complicat...

The Benefits of Vitamin- B Supplements

...vitamin B12 in the patients’ blood when they first came to the clinic and again at their six-month check up. Researchers then determined if the level of vitamin B12 played a role in the patients’ outcomes. Researchers report the patients who responded fully to treatment had higher concentrations of vitam...

Vitamin- B 12 Supplements Found To Be Effective In Combating Depression

...vitamin B12 in the patients’ blood when they first came to the clinic and again at their six-month check up. Researchers then determined if the level of vitamin B12 played a role in the patients’ outcomes. Researchers report the patients who responded fully to treatment had higher concentrations of vitam...

Tissue Transfer For Treatment Of Massive Skin Cancers

...ace, ear, neck, or scalp. Flaps for reconstruction came from the abdomen, arm, or other areas of the body. Results were generally positive. At a follow-up, 25 of the patients had no evidence of disease. Twelve had a recurrence in the same area and three had a nearby recurrence. The cancer was found to ha...

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