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Losing sleep undoes the rejuvenating effects new learning has on the brain

As the pace of life quickens and it becomes harder to balance home and work, many people meet their obligations by getting less sleep. But sleep deprivation impairs spatial learning -- including remembering how to get to a new destination. And now scientists are beginning to understand how that happens: Learning spatial tasks increases the production of new cells in an area of the brain in...

Brain networks strengthened by closing ion channels

Yale School of Medicine and University of Crete School of Medicine researchers report in Cell April 20 the first evidence of a molecular mechanism that dynamically alters the strength of higher brain network connections. This discovery may help the development of drug therapies for the cognitive deficits of normal aging, and for cognitive changes in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or atte...

Amphibians in losing race with environmental change

Even though they had the ability to evolve and survive for hundreds of millions of years - since before the time of the dinosaurs and through many climatic regimes - the massive, worldwide decline of amphibians can best be understood by their inability to keep pace with the current rate of global change, a new study suggests. The basic constraints of evolution and the inability of species...

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IT workforce development: Losing the numbers game

- John Psuik isn't sure whether expanding into new markets will significantly impact...

Closing the income gap begins with education

A report by the...

Winning and losing in the brain gain game

As annoying at this may be to Wisconsin natives who were raised to believe little good ever comes out of Min...

NameProtect study shows 92% of top brands losing out on search engines

Sample of paid placement on Google for search term "Disney" The r...

Closing the IT gap

In professional-degree programs across campus, professors work to impart the theory and the practice of a given profession to their students. And for many professions, skill with information technology is key to successful practice. Nowhere is this truer than in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at UW-Madison. Professor Kristin Eschenfelder and her colleagues at SLIS t...

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Antibiotics losing their power against acne

Acne has always been a major problem with teenagers. Pimples have been described by teens as an embarrassing and nagging problem. With beauty business becoming a multi billion-dollar industry, every one wants a blemish less skin and a spotless complexion. Every year a new Indian girl wins an international beauty pageant and the focus now is on looking your best. Pimples (acne) spoil...

Losing that baby fat among women

Researchers often say that women who gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy and or fail to shed the excess pounds by the time their babies are 5 months old are mosr probably to revive those extra pounds 8 years later.// These findings come from researchers from University of Texas, who say their study is the first to examine how body weight during and shortly after preg...

Ankylosing spondylitis may not be detected in children

Childhood ankylosing spondylitis may be more common than thought of and may remain undetected because of this//, says a new study in US. Ankylosing spondylitis or arthritis of the spine is a disease that may affect young children. Children who suffer from pain in their joints and stiffness for a long time must be medically examined for spinal arthritis as timely medical intervention ma...

Losing weight is beneficial for osteoarthritis for the knee

Losing one kilo of weight may be equivalent to losing 4 kilos of load in your knee-joints// for patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee. Researchers from the Wake Forest University had conducted a long term study on effects of exercise and weight loss on the osteoarthritis of the knee and had reported that an average weight loss of 5% of the body weight in obese elderly pati...

Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner

The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, has ruled that HIV-positive people don't have to disclose their condition to their sexual partners if condoms are used. Justin Dalley was charged with criminal // nuisance after not disclosing to his female partner his HIV positive status before they engaged in protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex. However, Judge Susan Thomas today...

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Remicade Two Year Data in Ankylosing Spondylitis Show Improvement in Spinal Mobility and Spinal Inflammation

Findings from the ASSERT Trial Presented at EULAR BARCELONA, Spain, June 15, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Datapresented today at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)Annual European Congress of Rheumatology showed that patients withankylosing spondylitis (AS) who received REMICADE(R) (infliximab)over two years experienced significant improvement in spinalmobility. In addition,...

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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