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Parkinson's Targets Two Distinct Brain Networks, Finds Study

...se technology, to diagnose the two brain networks, could be used to measure the degenerative disease proces...idelberg said. Eidelberg added that the networks could be used as biomarkers to diagnose the disease. The scientists have also developed mathematical compu...

Now, 'virtual' Mouse Brains Available on the Net

...nveil every layer of the organ. The researchers could materialise this task by extending the capabilities of conventional magnetic resonance imaging. "These images can be more than 100,000 times higher resolution than a clinical MRI scan," said G. Allan Johnson, Duke's Charles E. Putman Distinguished...

Beyonce Drinks Her Vodka Straight from the Bottle!

...y Z partied so hard that the 'Beautiful Liar' star could not wait for as glass, as she drank P.I.N.K. vodka straight out of the bottle . Last week, the 'Dangerously in Love' hit maker visited Stereo-by-the-Shore in with the entertainment mogul. A source said that the 25-year-old said that she did not m...

Medical Science Strides-No Guarantee For Pre-Mature Babies

... birth weight. At 23 weeks, the chance of survival could be termed- "maybe" 20 percent, while the risk of a...ough they will strive to send the baby home, there could be big-time complications. "We are presented with a little baby at delivery, and we really have no i...

Penguins Altered Diet When Humans Began Hunting Whales and Seals

...oportions found in fish and krill, the researchers could tell what the birds had been eating. According ...se in krill fisheries has reduced krill stocks and could be contributing to the decline in Adlie penguin populations on the Antarctic Peninsula. Their stud...

Amorous African Fish Exchange Electric Pulses While Mating

...puzzled by what function the faint electric fields could serve. Now, scientists know the fields are part of an "electric sense" used for both navigation and communication. They claim that the unusual sensory skill helps the fish thrive in murky streams of west Africa. Previous work has shown that each e...

Two In One Drug For Smokers And Drinkers

It could be described as the stone that kills two vices. United States FDA-approved smoking cessation drug varenicline , is posing to be handed out to alcoholics as well . The Pfizer manufactured drug, sold under the name Chantix, which has been used q...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

...ndividuals who unknowingly harbor cancer cells, it could paradoxically enhance cancer development. The addition of substantial quantities of folic acid into the foodstream may have facilitated the transformation of benign growths into cancers, or small cancers into larger ones, he says. Second, the fact...

Clinicians Ordering Inappropriate Prostate Screenings

...-level changes, such as a computerized system that could alert clinicians when they attempt to order an inappropriate PSA test, could help reduce the level of PSA screening misuse, the authors conclude. For more information, contact...

Apple a Day Keeps Asthma Away

...he lowest intakes and who also smoked. I wish we could say that an apple a day can keep asthma away, but its a complex disease with a genetic component. However, it may be that certain foods can lessen or prevent asthma symptoms, said Dr. Burns. The most important thing to remember is that diet can have ...

Britains Free Fruit -And -Vegetable -Scheme Falls Flat

...st fruit and vegetable intake among young children could have been in vain after all . Professor Janet Cade and colleagues of Leeds University assessed the impact of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS), installed in 2004, on 3,700 young students from 98 schools in the north of England. A speci...

Simple Blood Test May Predict Alzheimers Disease

... that delaying the onset of dementia by five years could save 30,000 lives annually. Alzheimer's affects ...are needed to get accurate results. "This research could revolutionize practice because a blood test that accurately monitors progression can reduce the numb...

Fat Tax Could Avoid Considerable Amount of Heart Attack and Stroke Deaths Annually

Taxing certain foodstuffs in the UK could prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and s...rated fats would increase salt intake instead, and could actually increase deaths from heart disease and stroke. It would also increase weekly household food...

Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky

...have the benefit of a reduced rate of ageing."This could imply susceptibility to fewer age-related diseases such as heart disease or osteoporosis, for example. Further studies are needed." Since moles disappear with age Bataille's team looked at their relationship with telomere length, a good biological...

Screening for Behavioral Health

...nts for mental health and substance abuse problems could help identify more people with behavioral health conditions, the first step toward effective treatment. Horgan and her colleagues recommend that patients be routinely screened in primary care settings for several reasons. First, primary care physici...

HIV Prevention Programs on a Massive Scale Turn Out Economical

... in spending, we show that this additional funding could not only increase capacity but potentially also in...nagedrapidly ramping up well-run existing programs could have an immediate, startling effect in improving efficiency, reducing costs and containing the epide...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...n be the result of feeling socially inferior. This could lead to unhealthy changes in lifestyle and behavior and even disturb the balance of the bodys hormones....

WBC Selective About Sugar

...icrobes directly. A substance like beta-1,6-glucan could help tilt this balance further by stimulating immune cells. Rubin-Bejeranos work offers hope for combating the growing problem of microbial infections, which can seriously threaten human healthparticularly in patients with compromised immune system...

Cocaine Exposure can Alter Neuronal Development in Zebrafish

... Zhdanova, circadian factors, including melatonin, could provide new therapeutic strategies to counteract the developmental effects of prenatal cocaine exposure....

A Role Model Spouse can Pass on Good Health Habits

... in both spouses at the same time. The findings could point toward a new approach for doctors looking to improve the health of married patients, Falba said. "For example, interventions to increase exercise or reduce abusive drinking might provide explicit tips about how to get the spouse involved in e...

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