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Stay Young by Practicing Zen Meditation

...r changes from MRI brain scans, and a computerized task of sustained attention. Researchers found that while both total gray matter volume and attentional performance displayed the expected decrease with age in control subjects, meditators did not show such a trend. Furthermore, the difference in vol...

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

...bursement," the Defense Department's mental health task force said last month after reviewing the military... N.C. Army posts with heavy war deployments told task force members that it routinely fields complaints about the difficulty in locating mental health spe...

Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke

...th frontal lobe damage, performed a rule-switching task which involved learning rules linking the colour o...rors and had difficulty keep track of the changing task rules. The group with damage to the left frontal lobes corrected 68% of mistakes in the test, wher...

Dogs Reasoning on Par With Human Toddlers: Study

... dogs typically do. Guinness then performed this task while being watched separately by two groups of mixed-breed dogs. One group of 21 dogs watched her in action when she had a ball in her mouth, while another group of 19-dogs watched Guinness move the bar with her paws while her mouth was empty. ...

Diabetes Reduces Life Expectancy, Increases Heart Disease Risk

...s write. Prevention of diabetes is a fundamental task facing todays society, with the aim to achieve populations living longer and healthier lives, the authors conclude....

Body Parts Industry Of U.S Under Investigation

...host Alistair Cooke. According to critics, the FDA task force's recommendations would not stop funeral h...business. They also would not prevent fraud. The task force was comprised of FDA employees who met in secret. According to former FDA attorney Areta Kupch...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

... battlefront. A report from a Defense Department task force released Thursday also found "current efforts fall significantly short" in providing help for troops. "The psychological health needs of America's military service members, their families and their survivors pose a daunting and growing challe...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

... policies overly conservative and out-of-date, the task force called for more money and a fundamental shif...er care facility for soldiers in Washington. The task force found 38 percent of soldiers and 31 percent of Marines report psychological concerns such as t...

Climate Talks Reach Consensus in Bangkok

...overnment representatives from 105 countries whose task it is to fine-tune the report, which seeks an international consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gases and, perhaps more importantly, how much it would cost. Political acceptance that it is economically and technologically possible to slow global ...

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...called upon the developing rest to get down to the task of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases// instead of "constantly blaming the rich countries" for global warming. But as it happened Los Angeles, a showpiece of American capitalism, has been branded the most polluted city in the US. On the ot...

Canadians Despair for Family Doctors

...ls a day from people exasperated at the impossible task of finding a doctor to call their own. A National Wait Times Strategy was developed in 2004 for five priority areas: cancer care, cardiac treatment, diagnostic tests such as MRIs, joint replacements and cataract surgeries. But columnist Evelyn My...

Memories Lost Due to Neuro-degenerative Diseases may Be Restored

...he researchers found they did better at the memory task than before. "If memories can be recovered, then that suggests they were never erased and indicates that perceived memory loss is likely to be due to an inability to retrieve memories," Li said. The mice from the enriched environment turned out ...

Two Out of Five Cancer Cases in India Due to Tobacco

...ers, his ministry had constituted a multi-sectoral task force, which includes representatives from various government departments and civil society groups. In recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of tobacco control, an award called "Tumbakoo Virodh Puraskar" (anti-tobacco campaign award)...

Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India

...control, we have also constituted a multi-sectoral task force on tobacco control, which includes representatives from various Ministries/Departments and civil society groups. In recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of tobacco control, we have instituted the 'Tumbakoo Virodh Puraskar' whi...

Timing – Crucial for Asthma Drugs to Wor

...s, they recommend that it is best to associate the task with other actions they perform during the day....

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...considered, on its own merits. It does seem a hard task to control this emerging scientific scenario and the scientific community, the world over, should handle it with the gravity it deserves. Biosafety protocols and regulations have been imposed at all levels and any work falling short of the criter...

Public Libraries Turning into Shelters for the Homeless in the US

...hope, however. After decades of studies by various task forces, followed by experiments by local governments, a consensus has emerged that the most effective way to help chronically homeless people is to stabilize them in housing first and then offer treatment. Social scientists and policy-makers have ...

MPs Vow to Fight Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

...ways to combat it. "We have started an important task necessitated by the figures of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) - III, which puts Madhya Pradesh on top as far as child malnourishment is concerned," said Congress MP Sachin Pilot, who was part of a visiting team here last week that also incl...

Multiple Regions of the Brain Locate Pain

...RI), a technique that shows brain activity while a task is being performed. The study involved 12 healthy volunteers from ages 22 to 39. Two thermal stimulators were placed between 1.5 and 6 inches apart on each participant’s lower leg. While participants were undergoing a functional MRI, one of the stimu...

FDA Cites Challenges of Generic Biotech

...uced by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. The bill would task FDA with approving knockoff versions of biotech medicines, many of which cost tens of thousands of dollars for a year's supply. Waxman, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight, helped launch the generic drug industry more than 20 years ago when...

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