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Occasional memory loss tied to lower brain volume

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (29) | comments 4

People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the October ...





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Google digital book ambitions hinge on settlement (AP)

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)

Technology / Internet

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...


FDA questions safety of alcoholic energy drinks

Medicine & Health / Health

created 18 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.


India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks (AP)

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.


Targeting teen depression

Targeting teen depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologist Mona Taouk is developing a world-first questionnaire to identify young people at risk of depression and suicide.


Does modernization affect children's cognitive development?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Societal and technological changes have taken place at a dizzying pace over recent decades. A new cross-cultural study aimed to determine whether these dramatic changes have had an effect on the thinking skills that are learned ...


Study of testosterone in older men

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announced today that it will participate in a large national study of the effectiveness of testosterone as a treatment for anemia, cardiovascular disease, ...


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To make memories, new neurons must erase older ones

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Short-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of the journal Cell that provid ...


Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...


Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook (AP)

Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook

Technology / Business

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several ...


10 unusual gadgets and gifts for geeks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Nerds. Geeks. Fanboys. Whatever you call them, the comics aficionados, movie buffs and videogame enthusiasts who dwell amongst us can be really hard to shop for. But it gets dramatically worse this time of year, when everyone ...



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