Brain Activity Differs In Introverts And Extroverts, UI Study Shows
.... These variations in brain activity suggestthat a lot of our individual differences have an underlying biological cause." The subjects, 10 men and eight women, first took personality tests to determinethe extent to which they were introverts or extroverts. The researchers laterhad the subjects lie down ...News About Osteoporosis: Fruits And Vegetables Prevent Bone Decay
...irect effects on bone cells." People who consume a lot of highly processed foods often lack adequate amounts of potassium and magnesium. Good sources of potassiuminclude fruits and vegetables such as bananas, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli and melon. Good sources of magnesium include a varietyof w...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
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...how, even quite late in life,the brain has quite a lot of residual capacity for reorganization." Basically, brain cells learn by making new connections with one another,growing tendril-like connections called dendrites, said Katz and Rubin, seniorcreative supervisor at K2 Design in New York City...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
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...diuretics or beta blockers." He adds, "There are a lot of competing influences on how physicians treat theirpatients, and these can include commercial as well as scientific influences. Atthis time, the available scientific data favor the use of the older medications-- beta blockers and diuretics -- for ......e good news is that babies apparently need to be a lot smaller thanoriginally thought to be at greatest risk," said Dr. Steven Bloom, assistantprofessor of obstetrics and gynecology, who conducted the study with Drs. DonaldMcIntire and Brian Casey, assistant professors of obstetrics and gynecology, andDr...Insurance Restrictions On Acne Drug Are Outmoded And Costly
...the patients and thephysicians are going through a lot of inconvenience. "The bottom line is there was this big concern about Retin A, which wenow know has only a mild effect on wrinkles. There isn't this demand fornon-acne use of Retin A, so the requirement for prior authorization is adinosaur."...Postpartum Help Needed To Keep Recent Mothers From Resuming Smoking Habit
...imilar smoking rates. "Cigarette smoking causes a lot of problems for mother and baby, and we need tofind ways to encourage women to remain nonsmokers after the baby is born,"McBride said. Besides cigarettes' link to diseases like lung cancer and emphysema, there areknown risks during pregnancy. Pregna......rtexcontains about 1014 (100 trillion) synapses, a lot of information could bestored. Understanding how memory works is one of the fundamental problems inneurobiology. Naturally, then, many neurobiologists are concerned with howsynaptic strengths are regulated to store information. One problem in particu...Community Plays Key Role In Preventing Teen Suicide, UF Scientist Says
... a large role: school climate. "Teen-agers spend a lot of time in schools, and schools are a place wherekids become engaged," Perkins said. "Sometimes we find kids who are doingwell in difficult situations are drawing something positive from theenvironment, such as the school environment. If school engag...Heart Drug Finds New Use In Patients With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
... emergency rooms for thesepatients and thus help a lot of people who aren't adequately treated right now." In a study presented at the 1998 American Heart Association meetings inNovember, the UCSF researchers showed for the first time that Ibutilide cansafely and effectively stop atrial fibrillation in p...New book on osteoporosis covers preventing and treating 'The Aging Disease' in consumer language
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...but rather helps them feelsatisfied more easily."A lot of patients have said that, while on the drug, they can eat a small pieceof pie and feel satisfied, although not necessarily full. So it appears theyfeel rewarded much quicker than they normally do without the drug."The only side effect commonly repo...Study Suggests Inflammation Signs Can Show Who Will Develop Diabetes
...bythe liver in reaction to such stress. "A lot more research on this issue needs to be done because we should beable to find other markers to predict diabetes more accurately and to intervenesooner," Schmidt said. "More work also could suggest new ways of preventing ormanaging the disease through...The 'Break Even' Cost Of Kidney Transplants Is Shrinking
...nsplant patients and theirfamilies that includes a lot of education and support both before and after thetransplant, which has enabled us to get patients out of the hospital sooner,"says Dr. Bartlett. "In fact, one-third of our patients are now able to go homewithin three days of their transplant, withou...Aging alone does not affect brain system related to memory loss
...ing research isreally just beginning and we have a lot to learn," he said. However, these findings suggest that if scientists can find how to identifypeople with brain pathologies that will lead to Alzheimer's, new treatmentscould be developed that will prevent or at least reduce the symptoms of thedisea...Early warning signs of violence often overlooked, study finds
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