Study provides new evidence that cranberry juice may help fight heart disease
...holesterol levels is not known, he adds. But don't forget exercise: Studies have shown that vigorous aerobic exercise has also been linked to increases in good cholesterol, says Vinson. The current study underscores government health recommendations that people should eat more fruits and vegetables to help ...UNC physician says patient, doctor education improves health outcomes
...h written and spoken information. Physicians often forget that most people seldom enter clinical settings and the medical world. Doctors need to translate medical information to patients life experiences, and patients can help us perform this translation effectively, he said. Studies have shown that patient...Schizophrenia could cause patients to forget their medication
...articipants with schizophrenia were more likely to forget to turn over the counter. At the end of the test the participants were asked if they had remembered to turn over the counter. Approximately a third of the time participants with schizophrenia reported they had done so when they had not. Elvevå...Rutgers scientists pinpoint brain cells involved in drug addiction relapse
...aid West. West explained that the brain is slow to forget the stimuli. After a relatively long period of drug abstinence, the persistence of the memories those conditioned associations reflected in the neural activity may partially explain why treating drug addiction is an uphill battle, West observed. "...Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment and planes in flight
...ers and crew on that British Airways 747 will ever forget that night. Travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in June 1982 the aircraft entered a cloud of volcanic dust from Mount Galunggung on Java, part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. Hot dust entered the cabin, the electrical discharge known as 'St Elmo's ...Unusual form of memory loss often confused for Alzheimer's disease
...ey misplace personal objects, repeat questions and forget recent events. However, while these patients may forget people's names, word-finding during conversation is not a major problem. In contrast, patients with...Young breast cancer patients who chose lumpectomies need indefinite follow-up
... patients should opt for mastectomy."We should not forget that the increased risk after 15 years is limited 20 to 25%. If a young patient of 35 is able to conserve an aesthetic breast for this time maybe the impact on her quality of life will be a little bit less at 55 years, and in any case three women ou...Potential low-cost options for monitoring HIV-1-infected children in less-developed countries
...treatment to more children. Finally, we should not forget that many HIV-infected children are particularly vulnerable and in need of treatment are orphaned. Reducing the proportion of infants infected by HIV by 20% by 2005 is not an easy target set by WHO, and requires that all solutions are implemented at ...UF 'smart home' demonstrates concept of automated elderly help and care
...so "prompt" patients with dementia, who frequently forget what they're doing mid-task. "We are evolving from pulling a Lifeline-type device to getting the entire environment to help you," Helal said....'Science' showcases research on forgetting
...uction in hippocampal activity led the subjects to forget the rejected experiences. Anderson relates the abi...rounded hypothesis for how some people may come to forget unwanted memories of unpleasant life experiences. "To me what's most important is achieving a better...Heart disease and stroke hit younger in developing countries, new report shows
...Malaria in these countries is crucial, we must not forget to address these other potentially devastating and preventable conditions. In 2020, the less developed nations will have 500 million people aged over 65 years. By 2040 there will be a billion people of this age in these countries. They are the ones m...Epilepsy presents unique problems for women
...epsy medication. "People think drugs are bad--they forget about why we treat people with drugs in the first place," Dr. Yerby said. "There is great emphasis today on the hazards of medication--that's okay, but people lose sight of the fact that having a seizure is a hazard." Dr. Yerby suggests that women wi...EDCTP welcomes G8 support for HIV/AIDS vaccine development
...and only too needed. At the same time, we must not forget that the same challenges are being faced with tuberculosis and malaria, as well as other, more neglected causes of illness and poverty in the developing world. The EDCTP strongly believes that ultimately the outcome of this initiative and others will...Northwestern researchers pinpoint how false memories are formed
... memory is fallible, Paller said. "We know that we forget quite a bit, but we're not always in touch with the idea that our memories can sometimes can be misleading." For this procedure of measuring brain activity, people lay down in an MRI machine as they looked at a screen with a series of words...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
...nd that men undergoing the prostate cancer therapy forget things faster than their healthy counterparts. ... - the ability to encode information initially but forget it quickly - is seen in individuals with well-known cognitive disorders. "A colleague looked a...NHLBI statement on oral contraceptive study
...es they thought they developed. Because people can forget details, the best studies try to collect these data as close to the event as possible and to confirm any report of disease with hospital records. For any valid analysis of the effect of OC use on cardiovascular disease it would be important to cont...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...ou remember your own name? Is it possible ever to forget it? The memory trace, or engram, "feels" like it ... lasts a lifetime, it is theoretically possible to forget one's own name. This is seen in the most advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, the researchers ...Yale researcher studying acupuncture to reduce back pain in pregnancy
...nt was initiated. "They can sleep, and shower, and forget about the needles, other than when they answer the telephone," Wang said....