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Scientists Identify New Genetic Mutation Behind Common Dementia

...finding (new genetic mutation) will help us better understand how this disease works and eventually help us develop new therapies for the disease," said study author Dr. Amalia Bruni of the Regional Neurogenetic Centre in Lamezia Terme, Italy. The researchers discovered the new mutation in the gene named pro...

Fossilized Midges can Predict Climate Change: Study

...he detection of these events will allow experts to understand more clearly what can happen when the climate system is disturbed. Professor Jim Marshall, from the University's Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, said: "We have monitored the modern environment of the lake for the past eight years and this ...

MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

... shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." --Dr. Albert A. Bartlett, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Colorado From time immemorial, the human male has exuded raw power and supremacy over the female. The animal kingdom, too, is no exception to this ...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...rtificates of these men with the questionnaires to understand each mans personality type. Their analysis revealed that the most of the men who were shy died either due to a heart attack or stroke and the overall risk of such death 50 percent higher than men who were more sociable. The researchers also studie...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Decreased Pain Perception in Heart Patients

...ays. "Further research will be needed to better understand the relationship between blood pressure, pain perception and heart disease," she adds....

Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Lung Transplantation

...he mouse model is so critical. It will allow us to understand the molecular mechanisms that control lung transplant rejection, he added. Lung transplants are the only treatment option for end-stage lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and ce...

Smokers may Develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

...oking), play a role. This finding may help us to understand why some smokers develop COPD and improve our understanding of how the disease develops, said Ohar. It shows us that its likely the gene/environment interaction sets you up for this disease. Sadeghnejad said that by understanding more about the rol...

Late Nights may Make Preteens Antisocial and Aggressive

...lizabeth J. Susman at Penn State who are trying to understand how a characteristic titled 'morningness/eveningness', along with the ratio of cortisol readings taken in the morning and afternoon, influences young adolescent behaviour. In humans, cortisol is responsible for regulating various behavioural traits...

Steroid Drugs to Preterm Delivery Mothers may Cause Risk

...benefit but long-term follow-up is needed to fully understand the benefits and risks, say the authors. Until then, they suggest that reanalysis of the data from the original trials may help to clarify whether effectiveness declines with time to delivery, and if so, over what timescale this occurs. But they ...

Research Reveals Anatomy of Suppressed Memories: Study

...ive or obsessive thoughts. "The first step is to understand how memory suppression works in healthy individuals, and what neural mechanisms are at work," said Depue. "Then you need to look at those same mechanisms in a clinical population and figure out why they aren't functioning properly."...

Genetic Variation in Some Smokers Increases Chances of Developing COPD

...king), play a role. "This finding may help us to understand why some smokers develop COPD and improve our understanding of how the disease develops. It shows us that it's likely the gene/environment interaction sets you up for this disease," said Ohar. Sadeghnejad said that by understanding more about the r...

Getting Old No Laughing Matter: US Study

...en that, how does that fit in with how well people understand humor? Humor is a higher order mental process," sh..."They don't have to find it funny but they have to understand how it works," she said. "We're definitely were not trying to say that older adults don't have a s...

Vaginal Bacteria Vary Among Healthy Women

...s arent necessarily effective because doctors dont understand distinctive differences in the microbial compositi...o the vaginal ecosystem, we will be able to better understand a womans risk to disease and individual health care needs, and assist doctors and women to make more...

Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception

... meaning sour. However, we still do not completely understand how the taste system is able to detect and transla... on food choice and therefore nutrition. If we can understand how and why people differ in their taste perception, we might eventually be able to manipulate the t...

Research into Suppressed Memories Could Help Treatment for Depression

...ive or obsessive thoughts. "The first step is to understand how memory suppression works in healthy individuals, and what neural mechanisms are at work," said Depue. "Then you need to look at those same mechanisms in a clinical population and figure out why they aren't functioning properly."...

Rounding Up Rodeo Injuries Helps in Prevention

...f Kinesiology will investigate the report to fully understand how the injury occurred and what might be done to prevent it in the future. Butterwick hopes this information it will lead to increased safety for rodeo athletes and that the data will enhance support for research into rodeo injury prevention. How...

This is Why DNA Has Its Famous Helix Shape

...A is so fundamental to life that it's important to understand all factor. If you want to create accurate models ...n with proteins or drugs, for example, you need to understand the basic physics of the molecule. For that, you need solid measurements of the forces that stabiliz...

Evidence Underlying Repeated Courses of Steroids for Preterm Birth may Be Unsound

...ressed the need for a long-term follow-up to fully understand the benefits and risks of repeated courses of steroids. Until that happens, say the researchers, reanalysis of the data from the original trials may help to clarify whether effectiveness declines with time to delivery, and if so, over what timescale ...

Surgical Repair of Athletic Hernia Speeds Return to Play

...at physicians who see athletes with groin problems understand the entire spectrum of groin injuries. There are many different types of injuries that can occur, which makes it difficult to make the correct diagnosis since the imaging findings can be relatively nonspecific....

Singapore's Dr. Love Brings Good Sex to Indonesia

...ia. I think the people here are more relaxed. They understand quality is very, very important," he says. And is Dr. Love fearful of ruffling feathers among Indonesia's small band of radical Islamists? Not really. "Number one, we are not aligned with any religion... We are not bringing foreign content to imp...

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