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New evidence touch-sensing nerve cells may fuel 'ringing in the ears'

We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study describes how space flight impacts astronauts' eyes and vision

A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts' visual systems. Some problems, including blurry vision, appear to persist long after astronauts' ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tinnitus discovery could lead to new ways to stop the ringing

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus – a constant, often high-pitched ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be annoying ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Researchers use human cells to engineer functional anal sphincters in lab

Researchers have built the first functional anal sphincters in the laboratory, suggesting a potential future treatment for both fecal and urinary incontinence. Made from muscle and nerve cells, the sphincters developed a ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Precise measurements of cholesterol transport rates give new hope for Alzheimer's treatment

Neutrons have shown the movement of cholesterol between and within cells takes far longer than previously thought. Findings could impact the treatment of a range of diseases linked to abnormal rates of cholesterol transfer.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small change makes a big difference for ion channels

Using a high-resolution single-molecule study technique, University of Illinois researchers have seen the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Know the types of hearing loss to find the right treatment

The solution for hearing loss isn’t just to turn up the volume on the TV—and the treatments available largely depend on the type of hearing loss a patient is experiencing.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers make strides in understanding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brandeis researchers have made a significant advance in the effort to understand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by successfully reversing the toxicity of the mutated protein in the familial type of the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EECoG may finally allow enduring control of a prosthetic or a paralyzed arm by thought alone

Daniel Moran has dedicated his career to developing the best brain-computer interface, or BCI, he possibly can. His motivation is simple but compelling. "My sophomore year in high school," Moran says, "a good friend and I ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers were able to eliminate tinnitus in a group of rats by stimulating a nerve in the neck while simultaneously playing a variety of sound tones over an extended period of time, says a study published ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 28 | with audio podcast


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