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Relationship found between napping, hyperactivity, depression and anxiety

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Napping may have a significant influence on young children's daytime functioning, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.





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Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze

Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Blame it on the heavy meal, the alcohol, or simply the opportunity afforded by a free afternoon on a traditional holiday. Just don't blame it on the tryptophan, say experts at the University ...


Waking up memories while you sleep

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds presented during the nap were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the Northwestern ...


Don't add an ER visit to your holiday plans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period.


Social media require 'Community Relations 2.0'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The rise of social media and real-time advocacy have re-written the community outreach rules companies followed for decades. But many American firms are dragging their feet as they approach "Community Relations 2.0," Boston ...


Fibre may keep asthma, diabetes at bay, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Insoluble dietary fibre, or roughage, not only keeps you regular, say Australian scientists, it also plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay.


Researchers unravel brain's wiring to understand memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Using a powerful microscope, Karel Svoboda, a brain scientist at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Va., peers through a plastic window in the top of a mouse's head to watch its brain's neurons sprout new connections ...


Does the H1N1 vaccine contain mercury?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

In the words of President Obama "don't be alarmed, be prepared" for the swine flu (or, officially, the H1N1 virus). But what if the preparation is more alarming than the flu?


7 shuttle astronauts are parents of many children

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- All seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery's mission are parents, and they have 20 children among themselves.


Dementia induced and blocked in Parkinson's fly model

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Parkinson's disease is well-known for impairing movement and causing tremors, but many patients also develop other serious problems, including sleep disturbances and significant losses in cognitive function known as dementia.


Phosphorous Delivered to Gulf of Mexico

The Mighty Mississippi Basin and Gulf Suffocating: Inertia Not An Option

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 20

The Water Science and Technology Board, (WTSB), Division on Earth and Life Sciences of the National Research Council has released for publication its study for improving water quality in the Mississippi River ...



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