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Low-dose Aspirin Benefits Both Sexes

...ng aspirin. So, it remains unclear if the residual differences in platelet function impact the drug's overall beneficial effects, and if the doses used in earlier studies were sufficient to decisively prevent heart attacks in women. "Further research is required to get a definitive answer as to whom aspirin re...

Loneliness Results In High Blood Pressure In Elders

...ich signifies Stage 1 hypertension. Blood pressure differences between lonely and non-lonely people were smallest at age 50 and greatest among the oldest adults tested, those at retirement age. Hawkley and Cacioppo are authors of the paper, “Loneliness is a Unique Predictor of Age-Related Differences in Systo...

Know The Brain Behind The Human Growth Hormone!

... on reasoning and mood which may be altered by the differences in the amount of growth hormone in the brain. Co... differently than females. It is possible that sex differences in these hormones are somehow involved." Source:Eureka...

Men And Women Read Different News To Manage Anger

...ave conducted this research that highlights gender differences in anger management. Angry men, probably choose to read online news stories that are negative, to fuel or sustain their anger in anticipation of a chance to even the score. Women on the other hand, tend to read more positive news, before a possible ...

Cortex Of Youth With Superior IQ Matures Fast

...o the dynamics of cortex maturation." The observed differences are consistent with findings from functional magnetic resonance imaging, showing that levels of activation in prefrontal areas correlates with IQ, note the researchers. They suggest that the prolonged thickening of prefrontal cortex in children with ...

ROZEREM? Can Be A Better Option For Insomnia Patients

...stance. A clinical abuse liability study showed no differences indicative of abuse potential between ROZEREM and placebo at doses up to 20 times the recommended dose (N=14). Three 35-day insomnia studies showed no evidence of rebound insomnia or withdrawal symptoms with ROZEREM compared to placebo (N=2082). I...

Studies Show Brain becomes Less Specialized With Age

...viewing. Whereas here the researchers examined age differences in neural specialization for "faces and places" in a working memory task. They proposed that even when consciously remembering specific items, older adults would show decreased specialization in the fusiform face area of the brain and the parahippoca...

Almond Structure in the Brain Intrigues Researchers

... If, even in a resting state, the brain shows such differences between the sexes, it could have far-reaching implications for our study of certain psychiatric and medical disorders. Throughout evolution, women have had to deal with a number of internal stressors, such as childbirth, that men haven’t had to exper...

Intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy predisposes to later liver disease

...ent hospitalizations. Statistically significant differences in the incidence of several liver and biliary diseases were noted and women who had ICP were significantly more likely to later be diagnosed with hepatitis C, non-alcoholic cirrhosis, gallstones, cholecystitis and non-alcoholic pancreatitis. Accor...

Malfunction Of Key Growth Factor Increases Mortality Rate From Pulmonary Fibrosis In Blacks

...ysiological difference that parallels the profound differences between black and whites in the severity of the di...s because probably there are some Whites that have differences in the c-Met function due to damage or signaling difficulties and the results could give us some use...

Competitive Advantage Are Attained In Which Freeloaders Are Punished

...ical but allows members to punish freeloaders. The differences in cooperation between the two groups can be likened to neighboring towns with different reactions to those who pollute, explained Science author Bernd Irlenbusch from the London School of Economics in London, UK. In a town where people notice and di...

Lack Of Social Skills Linked To Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

...nd two of faces. Scans showed there were marked differences in the brain activity of the two groups, the study appeared in the journal Neuroimage said. In the unaffected group, paying attention to pictures of faces caused a significant increase in brain activity. But for people with ASD, paying attention to...

Varying Amount Of Fat In Fast Food Chain Across the World

...ermany and Russia. Surprisingly there were major differences even within the U.S, where in a large order of fre...Donald's in Atlanta. The researchers felt that the differences in the fat content are related to the type of frying oil used, with the trans fat being found in hig...

Costly mistakes help better understand OCD: obsessive compulsive disorder

...usceptible to OCD, conceivably because of the rACC differences described by these researchers, these periods of increased stress may well be the very times when ' everyday mistakes' are perceived as carrying a greater penalty. An exaggerated perception of error is likely to be linked to the untoward anxiety abou...

Older Donor Hearts worth Its Weight in Gold

...f age and older and found that there were no major differences in ICU or post-operative length of hospital stay, days ventilated, or early rejection episodes. The researchers analyzed the data regarding 338 cardiac adult transplants performed at the University of Alberta Hospital between 1988 and 2002. Nearly 28...

A Unique Technique To Visualize How The heart functions Developed

... sodium-calcium exchanger and may help explain the differences in risk between men and women. She said that the new voltage-sensitive dyes, together with novel optical techniques, have greatly enhanced the understanding of how the heart works. The researchers hope to continue their work towards the development o...

Dental Amalgam Doesn't Pose Health Risks In Children

...entists also found after five years no significant differences in the well being of the 267 participants who randomly received amalgam and their 267 counterparts who received composite fillings. "We took great pains to design our study in a way that our tests would be sensitive enough to detect as little as a th...

White women show a reduction in depression rates with growth

...ymptoms of depression and analysis was made on the differences between the two ethnic groups. Debra L. Franko, Professor of Counseling and Applied Psychology said, "We believe that issues like access to proper care, the stigma of mental health problems, and insurance status may be contributing factors to Afric...

Spiritual Inclination Plays A Role In Fear Of Death For Elderly

...rth Central Florida all of who were over 60. Sharp differences were apparent between people who are “intrinsically” and “extrinsically” religious. Monika Ardelt, a UF sociologist said that intrinsically religious people were dedicated to God, while extrinsic people used religion as a way to increase social stand...

Eye Patches Could Delay Healing In Corneal Abrasions

...r healing times and did not report any significant differences in pain levels as compared to patients who were patched. “It is therefore reasonable to conclude that patching the eye is not useful for the treatment of simple, traumatic corneal abrasions,” the researchers say in their paper published in The Cochra...

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