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The effects of Ecstasy more pronounced in presence of music

...to a 'mid-week hangover'. Short-term memory can be impaired and there is emerging evidence that prolonged use can lead to periods of depression. This research suggests that exposure to loud music may worsen the comedown but it is unclear how this may contribute to longer term effects." Staggering figures ar...

Rise in Mercury Levels in Supermarket Fish

... PCBs, a long-banned chemical linked to cancer and impaired brain development. State health officials said the salmon PCB levels were too low to pose any danger to brain development if limited to two servings a week. According to Robert M. Duff, director of the state Office of Environmental Health Assessmen...

Autism: Symposium to Discuss Myths and Misconceptions

...ment of exaggeration in the numbers of cognitively impaired autistic people. This will certainly have a bearing on the therapies that autistic people receive. The symposium should lay to rest all the unfounded theories surrounding autism and establish valid ones.Source: Eureka Alert <br...

Want to memorise better for the exams: stay hungry!!!

... to use the hormone to develop new drugs to combat impaired learning and memory, but warn that weight gain could be a side effect. This study could be very helpful in furthering the research in direction of neurodegenerative diseases....

Beware Of Bogus Claims by HGH Spray Internet Marketers

...nsity and increased fracture rate; poor sleep; and impaired sense of well being. Because HGH sets the pace for all the other anti-aging hormones such as estrogen, testosterone, DHEA, and melatonin, there has been an increasing interest in adult growth hormone replacement therapy (GHRT). Over the past decade-a...

Ambien Plus Alcohol Has A Bad Influence on the Drivers

...s been listed in the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers. Wisconsin officials identified Ambien in ...0 labs list Ambien among the top 10 drugs found in impaired drivers. Still Ambien sales last year reached $2.2 billion. It accounted for 84 % of prescriptions d...

A gene related to aggression weakens the brain

...uation where multiple brain control mechanisms are impaired and contribute to manifestly violent behavior, a kind of genetic double jeopardy." br>...

Americans Avoiding Risky Foods

...ups of Men, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and kids with impaired immune systems, and that they should be targeted as they continue to have high levels of risky food consumption....

Hormone Can Foretell Presence Of Potentially Fatal Pulmonary Hypertension

...rominent pulmonary hypertension with significantly impaired right heart function," Dr. Behr said. "Despite the mixed nature of the study population, our data allows an estimation of the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in a 'real life' setting of patients with advanced lung disease, because all participan...

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

..."demonstrates that antifibrotic effects of HGF are impaired in lung fibroblasts isolated from Africa-Americans...Antifibrotic effect of hepatocyte growth factor is impaired in lung fibroblasts isolated from African-Americans," APS Physiology Airway Mechanics and Mechanotra...

Manic Ecstasy: Man gets Into a Frenzy after a Record Consumption of 40,000 ecstasy tablets

...ons given, his concentration and attention were so impaired that he was unable to follow the sequence of the tasks required.” These findings only corroborate the restricted knowledge available about the repercussions of large and regular doses of ecstasy use. ...

Liver Transplants to the Rescue of Dreaded MSUD disease

...als with MSUD suffer from depression, anxiety, and impaired concentration and learning," Dr. Strauss said. "Liver transplantation protects patients from these acute and chronic neurological complications. It is a reasonable alternative to nutritional therapy, particularly for patients with poor access to spec...

COPD Patients portray improved exercise performance after breathing a Special Gas

...lower density helium gas, "COPD is associated with impaired exercise capacity, which contributes significantly to a reduced quality of life in these patients," said Dr. Laude. It was observed that Individuals with the worst lung function test results portrayed the highest benefit from the special mixtures. ...

Older Diabetics not taking kidney and heart protective drugs

...ine, a condition called albuminuria that indicates impaired kidney function were examined. The results were that 92 percent of the participants in the new study met at least one of the three clinical guideline indications, and 100 percent either had one of the clinical indications or an additional risk facto...

New User-Friendly Mobile Device Launched For At Risk People

...and press a button, which means that a person with impaired motor skills can also operate the device. Another separate button helps initiate a call to a pre-programmed telephone number (of a friend, neighbour or relative). The enhanced audio features enable the user to hear the responder without being held ...

Hi-tech Walking Stick Developed For Visually Impaired

...led "smart cane", the stick will help the visually impaired to easily commute in city buses, walk inside a room without knocking into things and take a safe passage in case of an emergency. The technology has been developed by students of the computer science department of the IIT in consultation with the N...

IIT Delhi To Display Its Technological Innovations In 'Open House'

... textiles, said that a smart cane for the visually impaired would be a great attraction. The gadget designed to be a great asset for the blind can detect bus on road through a user-triggered wireless identification system and use vibration as a warning signal while commuting. Also on display will be prod...

Decision-Making Enabled By Neurons: Value Assigned To Available Choices.

...is that various choice deficits may result from an impaired or dysfunctional activity of this population, though this hypothesis remains to be tested.' In the experiment conducted by Padoa-Schioppa, macaque monkeys were observed making a choice between two types of juice offered in different amounts. Dung t...

Human Intelligence Gene Identified By Scientists

...ral cognitive ability: Cognition was significantly impaired in carriers of the risk variant in both the schizophrenia group and the healthy volunteers as compared with the non-carriers. 'While our data suggests the dysbindin gene influences variation in human cognitive ability and intelligence, it only expl...

Survey Reveals Alarming Prevalence Rates of Diabetes among US Adolescents

.../More than 2.5 million have been projected to have impaired blood glucose levels (fasting blood sugar) placing...larmingly, about 11% of the study participants had impaired fasting glucose levels. The prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes was found to be 71% and 29% res...

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