Health & Medicine

Posted July 26, 2013:

• Estrogen's Effects on Fat Depends on Where It's Located


• Cellular Mechanisms for Attention in Brain Uncovered


• Drug-Eluting Stents, Heart Attack and Bleeding Risks: One-Year Results of ADAPT-DES Trial


• Isolated Psychiatric Episodes Rare, but Possible, in Common Form of Autoimmune Encephalitis


• Too Much of a Good Thing? Overactive Immune Response Blocks Itself


• Glass Scaffolds Help Heal Bone, Show Promise as Weight-Bearing Implants


• Scientists ID Compounds That Target Amyloid Fibrils in Alzheimer's, Other Brain Diseases


• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Inherited Virus Can Cause Cognitive Dysfunction and Fatigue


• New Cornea Transplant Technique Provides Improved Vision, Faster Recovery, Study Suggests


• Is It Bell's Palsy or a Stroke? Emergency Physicians Have the Answer


• Genetic Biomarker Detects Lewy Body Dementia


• Polymer Ribbons for Better Healing


• Oven-Baked Fish Fingers Have Fewer Furans Than When Fried

Posted July 25, 2013:

• A Faster Vessel for Charting the Brain


• Analysis of 26 Networked Autism Genes Suggests Functional Role in the Cerebellum


• Technology/equipment Issues Account for Almost One in Four Operating Room Errors, Study Finds


• Certain Blood Pressure Drugs Slow Dementia Deterioration


• Suffocating Tumors Could Lead to New Cancer Drugs


• Physics of Running Fast: Scientists Model 'Extraordinary' Performance of Bolt


• Bacterial Blockade: How Gut Microbes Can Inactivate Cardiac Drugs


• Researcher Digs Into the Contested Peanut-Allergy Epidemic


• Researchers Develop System That Uses a Big Data Approach to Personalized Healthcare


• Broad-Scale Genome Tinkering With Help of an RNA Guide: Biotechnology Tool Borrowed from Pathogenic Bacteria


• Novel Mechanism in Spinal Cord Injury Discovered: 'See-Saw' Molecule May Offer Clues to Potential Therapies in the Long-Term


• Rapamycin: Limited Anti-Aging Effects


• Women's Height Linked to Cancer Risk, Study Finds


• Potential New Target to Treat Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma


• How Brain Cells Change Their Tune


• Starring Role Discovered for Supporting Cells in Inner Ear


• Bad Night's Sleep? The Moon Could Be to Blame


• Silky Brain Implants May Help Stop Spread of Epilepsy


• Bipolar Disorder Takes Different Path in Patients Who Binge Eat, Study Suggests


• Study of Veterans Finds Links Between Outdoor Activities, Improved Mental Health


• New Techniques Use Lasers, LEDs, and Optics to 'See' Under the Skin


• Novel Nanometer Scaffolds Regulate the Biological Behaviors of Neural Stem Cells


• Key Target Responsible for Triggering Detrimental Effects in Brain Trauma Identified


• Adenoviruses May Pose Risk for Monkey-to-Human Leap


• Over 90 Percent of Dementia Cases in China Are Undetected, Study Finds


• Flow Restrictors May Reduce Young Children's Accidental Ingestion of Liquid Medications


• 'Epilepsy in a Dish': Stem Cell Research Reveals Clues to Disease's Origins and May Aid Search for Better Drugs