Breakthrough? Study Finds Dopamine Cannot Be Source Of Pleasure In Brain
...amine plays an early central role in pleasure, but another chemical --possibly serotonin -- actually rings th...eurotransmitters such asdopamine interact with one another in real time. They incorporated into the workexperiments pioneered by Canadian researchers in which ...Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors May Be Another Piece In Alzheimer's Jigsaw
...ues report the finding of the first large trial of another acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used by patients su...e writes that the research by Rsler et al provides another piece in the Alzheimer's jigsaw, but also reports some of the shortcomings of their study. Bayer sa...National Pilot Study To Test Whether Soy Can Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
...that will get a soy protein dietary supplement and another that will get casein(milk) protein supplement. The study will be conducted through one of the major national cancerclinical trials cooperative groups, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, which iscomposed of 200 institutions from both academic medical center...Stent Procedures May Be Unnecessary In Some Heart Cases
... of all patients whoreceived an angioplasty needed another angioplasty or a bypass operation aftersix months because the artery would become blocked again, a process known asrestenosis. Since the introduction of stents in the United States less than 10years ago, the restenosis rate has been nearly cut in hal...New U-M Analysis Of Brain At Work
...ying attention to one source of informationbut not another as a way of dealing with conflicting information. "How the frontal cortex is organized is a question of tremendous interest," saysSmith, the Arthur W. Melton Collegiate Professor of Psychology and a researchscientist at both the U-M Mental Health Res...NIA Launches National Study To Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
...ntapproved by the Food and Drug Administration for another use. Vitamin E(alpha-tocopherol) is thought to have antioxidant properties, and was shown in a1997 study to delay important dementia milestones, such as patients'institutionalization or progression to severe dementia, by about seven months. Partici...MIT Touch Lab Research Explores The Hand
...ut 20muscles and 20 nerve types and is operated by another 20 muscles in the forearm.Indeed, the instrument is so complex that only recently have engineers developedaffordable machines with enough sensors, actuators, and computing power to studyit in detail. As a result, researchers still know relati...Lo-Cal Diet Slows Prostate Cancer In Animals, New Research Finds
... fewer calories from fat, another had fewer caloriesfrom carbohydrates, and a third had fewer calories in theoverall diet. After 16 weeks, the researchers removed, weighed, and measur...'Motion Blindness,' Not Just Poor Memory, Causes Alzheimer's Patients To Lose Their Way
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...al tests to show sperm developnormally if grown in another species should have been completed first. "Youstill need to do the safety checks," says Mark Johnson of Imperial College,London....The Whole Truth From Five-Year-Olds
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... some benefits to employees withdisabilities, with another 13 percent of those surveyed unsure whether benefitshad ever been denied. While wrongful firing was cited as the claim most frequently filed againstemployers by people with disabilities, encouragingly 71 percent of therespondents reported that thei...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
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... Baker III Institute for PublicPolicy. As another component of this cooperative health policy initia...ice President Malcolm Gillis. "This represents yet another important step inour plan to expand collaboration with several institutions of the Texas MedicalCent...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
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