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Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

...o develop a visualization tool that was faster and sharper than brain imaging systems currently available, such as MRI or CT scans. Raag Airan, an MD/PhD student in Deisseroth's lab and co-first author of the study, led the development of a technique called voltage-sensitive dye imaging for this model. Thi...

Moratorium Proposed on Advertisements of Newly Approved Drugs

...s and those of the pharmaceutical industry has got sharper in the US. On Wednesday a US Senate Committee approved// a bill that would clothe the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with necessary powers to require drug makers to wait two years before advertising a newly approved drug directly to consumers. ...

Beyond Bifocals: Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients With Presbyopia

...pplying the fine-tuning of wavefront optics brings sharper vision, less blurring and overall enhanced perform... to the eye, less distortion occurs. The result is sharper vision and more generously sized viewing areas at near, intermediate, and distance.” Dr. McDonald s...

Paying Attention Sets Off Symphony of Cell Synchronization

... effectively, literally making the world come into sharper focus. “When you pay attention cells aren't only responding more strongly to stimuli,” said co-author Marcia Grabowecky, research assistant professor of psychology in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. “Rather a population of cel...

Hospital Selected to ‘25 Most Influential’ List in Radiology in 206

... rapidly beating heart and a 3T scanner permitting sharper brain imaging. The publication also noted HUP as an innovator in PET/CT technology. Employing the world’s first advanced “time of flight” technology, pioneered in part at Penn, HUP’s uniquely outfitted new PET/CT system captures an amazingly precis...

U.S: Prize for the best hearing category (ethnic groups) goes to…. Non-Hispanic Blacks

... nation//. And Non-Hispanic women were found to be sharper in hearing compared to the men. William Murphy, Christa Themann, and Mark Stephenson at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati reported on the hearing test results of more than 5,000 U.S. adults aged 20-69 w...

Statin Therapy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Improves Survival

...han in combination, the analysis was able to put a sharper focus on the benefits of early statin therapy. ‘We found that there was a benefit in what matters most--survival,’ said Anthony Bavry, MD, a fellow in cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. The study involved...

Memory problem? solve a crossword

...cise and seek help for emotional problems may stay sharper longer than those who put their trust in unproven cures such as melatonin, DHEA, testosterone and human growth hormone. These drugs and supplements may have long-term adverse effects.// Other strategies to keep the mind functioning, say experts, in...

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