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New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Enters Clinical Trials

Dr Laurence Harbige and Dr Mike Leach, from the Biomedical & Drug Discovery Research Group in the University of Greenwich School of Science, developed the new…

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Differentiating Attention Problems in Dementia vs. Aging

Attention models view attention as having at least two components: endogenous attention defined as executive and directed by voluntary acts, and exogenous…

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Distant Healing Breakthrough for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

409 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were randomized from 14 private practices for environmental medicine in Germany and Austria in a two by two…

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Macadamia Nuts: A Heart-Healthy Addition to Your Diet

“We looked at macadamia nuts because they are not currently included in the health claim for tree nuts, while other tree nuts are currently recommended as part…

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Personality Traits Linked to Late-Life Depression Risk

“We assume that because depression has not developed for people with these personality traits by the age of 70 that it won’t develop,” said Paul R. Duberstein,…

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Micro-Scaffolding: A New Approach for Stroke Recovery

With funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) neurobiologists from the Institute of Psychiatry and tissue engineers from…

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Understanding Labour Pain: Insights from Recent Research

In her thesis, obstetrician Berith Karlsson Tingåker has examined the source of pain during childbirth and how uterine sensitivity to pain changes during…

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UK Food Agency Cites Southampton Study on Food Additives

These six colours – sunset yellow (E110), quinoline yellow (E104), carmoisine (E122), allura red (E129), tartrazine (E102) and ponceau 4R (E124) – had been…

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New Approach to Immunity: Insights from Garvan Institute

That is the hope of Dr Shane Grey from the Garvan Institute for Medical Research and Professor John Dalton from the Institute for the Biotechnology of…

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Blueberries: A Natural Solution for Memory Improvement

They have found that phytochemical-rich foods, such as blueberries, are effective at reversing age-related deficits in memory, according to a study soon to be…

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Diabetes in Mid-Life Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

“Our results have important public health implications given the increasing numbers of people developing diabetes and the need for more powerful…

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Breaking the Silence: Emotional Isolation Among Cancer Widows

Previous research has shown that many Swedish men over 50 with cancer confide their feelings and fears about the disease to few other people, if any. For 80…

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Traffic Pollution’s Impact on Children’s Health: New Findings

The BAMSE project has monitored 4,000 children in Stockholm county from birth in order to assess whether exposure to traffic pollution during their first year…

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Sexual Dissatisfaction in Postmenopausal Women and Heart Health

In an article published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers found no increased prevalence or incidence of cardiovascular…

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Lovastatin’s Neuroprotective Effects: New Research Insights

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease including stroke. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs have been…

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Experts Explore Shaken Baby Syndrome: New Insights Uncovered

Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as childhood neurotrauma or inflicted traumatic brain injury, is the leading cause of death from childhood maltreatment….

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