Evidence that memories are consolidated during sleep
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...ation that has been processed but has not yet been consolidated into memory by sleep." So how might a nap help? Recordings of brain and ocular electrical activity monitored while napping revealed that the longer 1-hour naps contained more than four times as much deep, or slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement (...Meta-analysis of zinc supplementation shows positive growth effects for infants and children
...the efficacy of zinc supplementation, Brown et al. consolidated results from multiple studies from countries around the world in a meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. They found that, overall, zinc supplementation of infants and children produced positive growth responses in he...Current interventions fall short for smoking cessation
...e May 2001 issue of Nicotine and Tobacco Research, consolidated information from nine studies conducted by the investigators. Subjects were asked to rate on a scale if the cigarette they just smoked was satisfying, tasted good, made them dizzy, calmed them down, helped them concentrate, made them feel more aw...UCSF Cancer Center joins elite group of National Cancer Institute-designated centers
...000 in 1995 to31,000 in the past year--as UCSF has consolidated and expanded its clinicalcancer operation at UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center. CLINICAL RESEARCH: Patients benefit dramatically from rapid access to innovative clinical research.As UCSF has expanded its clinical cancer facilities at UCSF/Mount Zion...