sensation

Sensations Generated By Cocaine And Methamphetamine Abuse Are Not Same.

Investigators from UCLA had found that the there is a marked difference between the sensations generated by cocaine and methamphetamine use in onset, pattern and duration of their “highs”. // The study shows that subjective, or self-reported, responses to cocaine peak and decline more rapidly than those of methamphetamine. Cardiovascular responses to the two stimulants are similar at...

New Diet Sensation Insists That Carbs Are Good For Health

The Israeli researcher Olga Raz is all set to launch her diet plan, which recommends eating of bread to reduce weight, in US and other parts of the world through her book The Bread for Life Diet: The High-on-Carbs Weight Loss Plan.// The diet features bread, and lots of it – up to 12 slices a day for women and 16 slices a day for men – plus lots of other wholesome carbohydrates -- and...

Blend Of Sleep And Wake States To Explain Near Death Sensation

The phenomenon of near-death experience could be due to the tendency of the brain to blur the line between wakefulness and sleep, suggests a new study. // Until now, why some people see bright light, have extraordinary sensations or feel detached from their body when they are in death bed has remained a mystery. The present research highlights that it might have a physiological base, o...

BMA Scotland Blasts 'Sensational Headlines' Over GPs Pay

BMA Scotland has defended the hike in salaries offered to GPs after negative publicity over the move resulted in a backlash with critics claiming //that the wage hikes were responsible for NHS deficits. The new GP contracts were introduced in 2004 and since then salaries have increased by 25 percent. BMA's Dr Mary Church defended the move and said that the sensational headlines over the...

French Face Transplant Patient Reports Feeling of Sensation in New Face

World’s first partial face transplant patient reports great improvement following her face transplant surgery done 5 months back//. Isabelle Dinoire (dee-NWAHR') tells a French newspaper that her facial scars are more healed and she's recovered total feeling in her face. The 38-year-old mother of two has said she was under the influence of drugs when she was horribly mauled by her pet...

Media Charged With Sensationalism

According to latest figures revealed in Ireland, suicide is the most popular cause of death among men and women below the age of 35years//. There were 431 registered suicides in 2005,with approximately 6% of those recorded as copycat suicides. The HSE today appealed to the media not to sensationalize suicides, adding that a significant number of these deaths were preventable.<...

Tidbits on Tarantula bites and fiery Pepper sensations!

In a recent study that was published by scientists from UCSF a leading university that advances health worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research //it was established that the same nerves are sensitized when tarantula venom is introduced to mice as hot chili peppers when fed to them. This experiment throws interestingly proves that the defensive mechanism of some animals and...

Competitive women cyclists experience reduced genital sensation

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine and The Albert Einstein //College of Medicine report that women who are into regular bicycling experienced reduced genital sensation and were more likely to complain of pain in the genitals. The researchers undertook a comparative study between 48 women competitive cyclists and...