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'Emotions increase or decrease pain': researchers
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Getting a flu shot this fall? Canadians scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate the sting of that vaccine. According to a new Université de Montréal study, published in the latest ...
Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...
On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...
Popular anti-platelet therapy reduces risk of cardiovascular events in men and women
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A new study, published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with a ...
Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers have developed a tiny wireless device that can be inserted under a patient?s skin to monitor blood glucose levels over a period of several months.
Interstitial macrophages: immune cells that prevent asthma
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The continual presence in the air of the microbe-derived molecule LPS promotes asthma in some individuals. What prevents inhalation of LPS from promoting asthma in most individuals is not well understood. However, researchers ...
Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms
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In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...
Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients
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In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative ...
Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap
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While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts
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(AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, study finds
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Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.
Scientists explain binding action of 2 key HIV antibodies; could lead to new vaccine design
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A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.
NSAIDs prevent early sign of Alzheimer disease in mice
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If taking nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen or naproxen is to protect you from developing Alzheimer disease then you will have to start taking them at a very early age according to new research ...
Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe
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The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...
Forget all about it: Traumatic memories can be erased
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It is well known that fear memories are permanent. However, a recent paper in Science, evaluated by three Faculty Members for F1000, reports an extraordinary finding that supports the use of a drug to control recollections of tra ...
