Alzheimer's may leave some forms of memory intact
...memory capabilities in young adults, healthy older adults and those in the early stages of Alzheimer's disea...oung adults, 33 healthy older adults, and 24 older adults in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. They designed their study to compare the implicit memory...Damaged genes in aging human brain provide clues to cognitive decline
...nts or lifestyles that reduce gene damage in young adults may delay cognitive decline and the onset of brain diseases in later years. However, more research is needed. "We can repair these aging genes in the laboratory, but that is a far cry from the human brain. This is only a first step," c...Obesity and hypertension: Two epidemics or one?
... experts now estimate that 65 percent of America's adults are overweight and 31 percent of adults are obese and at risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The link between obesi...Research gives hope to preemies and Crohn's patients
...es who arrive from eight to twelve weeks early and adults who suffer from Crohn's disease are both at risk for developing short bowel syndrome, a condition that may tie them to an IV for feeding and greatly reduce the quality of their lives --medically, economically, and socially. Now research in Kelly Tap...Patent on beagle dogs cancelled
...pplications on animals. A nationwide poll of U.S. adults commissioned by AAVS earlier this year found that two out of three people consider it unethical to issue patents on animals as if they were human inventions. Eighty-five percent of those surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations ...Beagles win first round in fight for reprieve from patenting
...500 patents on animals. A nationwide poll of U.S. adults commissioned by AAVS earlier this year found that two out of three people consider it unethical to issue patents on animals as if they were human inventions. Eighty-five percent of those surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations...Two studies weigh in on low-carb diets
... Medical Center in Philadelphia followed 132 obese adults randomized into two groups. One restricted carbohydrate intake to less than 30 grams per day (low-carbohydrate diet); the other restricted caloric intake by 500 calories, with 30 percent of calories from fat (conventional diet). Eighty-three percent ...Data show investigational antibiotic safe, effective in preventing travelers diarrhea
...ted side effects. Rifaximin protected the young adults from the U.S. against all forms of diarrhea and intestinal symptoms in all drug doses tested (one dose, two doses, or three doses per day). Over the two-weeks in Mexico, 85 percent of the rifaximin-treated subjects compared with 49 percent of the pla...Dramatic decline of California native frog linked to introduced trout in mountain lakes
... than 200 populations of the frogs - perhaps 5,000 adults - in their range from north of Lake Tahoe to below Sequoia National Park, Vredenburg said. (A separate endangered population, and perhaps a distinct species, exists in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains of southern California.) Non-native t...Penguins ingest mollusk shells to obtain calcium for thicker eggshells
... eggs or newly hatched chicks are destroyed as the adults scurry back into their nests or burrows, either du... thicker eggshells prove to be advantageous, since adults are able to retrieve some of those eggs. Boersma is the lead author of a paper documenting the pengu...Tiny beetle wreaks havoc on Texas ornamental tree nurseries
...as. Ludwig designed the survey to monitor when the adults emerge from the trees and determine what other species of ambrosia beetle are present. Ambrosia beetles are so named because they cultivate the ambrosia fungus inside the tree. The pest does so for the same reason that a number of ant species farm f...Human brain works heavy statistics learning language
... Newport and Aslin devised a test where babies and adults listened to snippets of a synthetic language: a fe...sized string of syllables for the full 20 minutes, adults were played some of the invented words along with some words made up of syllables from the beginning...First target for childhood malaria vaccine
...bodies to these parasite proteins, and symptoms in adults are mild compared with the severe disease seen in young children with no previous exposure. Previous work has indicated that the parasites causing severe disease express a set of proteins that are distinct from those produced by parasites that infect...Closing in on the cellular culprits of schizophrenia
...ring their lifetime and about 2.2 million American adults have schizophrenia in a given year. Using quantitative immunohistochemistry in postmortem brain tissue, the Penn investigators found that the expression of dysbindin protein was reduced in more than 80 percent of the patients with schizophrenia by an...Children's eating patterns show 'striking' changes in two decades
...valuable insight into what both children and young adults eat and how children's dietary decisions affect their long-term health," said ADA Spokesperson Gail Frank, who designed and directed dietary studies of the Bogalusa study from its beginning in 1972 until 1987. Frank did not participate in the Baylor...Solving the mystery of the dancer mice, and cleft lip too
...nstruction surgery for indigent children and young adults in the United States and 20 developing countries. Strong pediatrician Chin-To Fong has traveled to the Philippines as part of Operation Smile teams and is now faculty adviser to a medical student chapter of the group. This Sunday, May 2, at 10 a.m., ...What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
...demic remediation is readily available. Engaged adults who believe in the potential of all students provide support, stimulate interest and create expectations that are fundamental to the intervention. Educators play multiple roles as teachers, coaches, mentors, tutors and counselors. Teachers develop...American Lung Association's 2004 State of the Air report ranks cities and counties with dirty air
...h, heart attacks and stroke. The 3.6 million adults and a 1.4 million children with asthma exposed to unhealthy year-round particle levels; and The 2.6 million with chronic bronchitis and 888,000 with emphysema living in areas with dangerous short-term particle pollution. According to the rep...Brace therapy for osteoarthrisis, legal issues in TBI research, prosthetic fitting
... control may reduce fall-related injuries in aging adults and people with balance disorders. Researchers collected balance data on healthy adults, ages 2970, to test the computational method for generating center of mass with ankle stiffness. The new computational method corrects shortcomings in an existing...Newly discovered gene controls levels of 'bad' cholesterol in mice
...ve 40 mg/dL. Currently, about 105 million American adults have total cholesterol levels above 200 mg/dL. The average LDL cholesterol level among Americans is 140 mg/dL, which is higher than the recommended level. Breslow is a pioneer in the genetics of heart disease. In 1992, his lab produced the first mous...