Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...nheit loses its folate and carotenoid content at a slower rate than spinach stored at 50 and 68 degrees. However, the spinach at 39 degrees still loses much of its nutrients after eight days. The average temperature of a refrigerator is 40 degrees. "This has implications in the shipping process," said LaBo...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...t facial cues. Individuals with TBI were also much slower and less accurate in recognizing the angry faces. The finding of impaired facial emotion processing may be one of the reasons why patients with TBI are at risk for crossing social boundaries in interpersonal interactions. Vocational and cognitive b...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
... a speeding car look as if it is standing still. A slower shutter speed may result in a photo showing the car blurring past the camera. This principle, when correctly applied to MRI imaging, can provide more accurate information. In the case of MRI, the blurring is not of the actual image, but of the time c...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
...e contact with transporters slowly about 10 times slower than cocaine which, they speculate, may be why it does not have a stimulating effect. Between 2 million and 3.2 million people in the United States about 1 percent of the population - use cocaine, according to estimates. Of this number, more than 5...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
... with age-related hearing loss. "Speaking slightly slower than usual will help," says Frisina, "as if you were talking to someone who speaks a foreign language. "Many older people are actually especially sensitive to loud sounds, so the worst thing you can do is raise your voice. What you need to do is loo...Culture-specific exercise sparks interest of older women
...-Piliae. "The Yang style of Tai Chi tends to have slower and more gentle movements compared to other styles and works well for older adults. And other studies have shown it produces an aerobic effect." The success of the project was enhanced by the researchers being culturally in tune with the group. Tay...Older people get the big picture faster, and they are less inhibited
...05 The long-held belief that older people perform slower and worse than younger people has been proven wrong. In a study published today in Neuron, psychologists from McMaster University discovered that the ageing process actually improves certain abilities: Older people appear to be better and faster at ...Cell phone users drive like old folks
...one. The elderly drivers, meanwhile, became even slower to react to brake lights when they spoke on a cell...of whether they were young or old were 18 percent slower in hitting their brakes than drivers who didn't use cell phones. The drivers chatting on cell phones...Reduced progression of atherosclerosis tied to statin drugs lowering fats, protein
...hat were greater than the median had significantly slower rates of progression than patients with reductions in both biomarkers that were less than the median," the authors wrote. The second study involved 3,745 people. Patients who were found to have low C-reactive protein levels after treatment fare...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...lking results in more vertical COM movement, while slower walking results in more lateral COM movement. Investigators assert that clinicians who use observational gait analysis to assess walking problems should be aware that even normal individuals show significant lateral COM movement at slow speeds. Exces...Sudden death from stress linked to wonky signals in the brain
... smooth and even. If these electrical waves travel slower or faster in parts of the heart, this can result in a short circuit which leads to arrhythmia - an irregular heartbeat. Normally, the output from the brainstem to the heart via left and right autonomic nerves is symmetrical and does not disrupt heart...Animal studies show stem cells might make biological pacemaker
...beat, coordinated by the implanted human cells and slower than the animals' normal heart rate -- likely reflecting humans' lower heart rate. To prove that the human heart cells were controlling the beat of the guinea pigs' hearts, colleagues Fadi Akar, Ph.D., and Gordon Tomaselli, M.D., conducted car...Diabetes: A link between oral and overall health?
...r levels. "Gum disease, sores-everything will heal slower for patients with diabetes. Dentists may prescribe antibiotics to speed up healing time if needed," says Dr. Rada. Make morning appointments because blood glucose levels tend to be under better control at this time of day. Dental procedures should ...Brain can be trained to process sound in alternate way, study shows
...d changes in intensity, our neurons fire faster or slower in direct ratio to the change. That ratio varies depending on the sense involved, but is constant for each sense: the louder a sound, the faster the neurons in the auditory cortex fire. But now that picture has changed. Polley trained two groups of r...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...the fast oscillating pattern of wakefulness to the slower waves of sleep states and then back to the fast activity associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This week, Gervasoni et al. examine the dynamics of the wakesleep cycle. 2. Insulin, IDE, and Beta-Amyloid Lixia Zhao, Bruce Teter, TakashiMori...More muscle means better regulation of blood pressure, study finds
...n contrast, greater body fat was associated with a slower natriuretic response to stress as well as slower natriuresis during stress, which is in part related to (angiotensis II)." Those findings point back ...Low-glycemic load diet may improve ability to stay on diet longer
...s tended to experience more perceived hunger and a slower metabolic rate, which may make it more difficult to stay on the diet, while those on the low-glycemic load diet did not feel as hungry and had a faster metabolic rate." Pereira and colleagues at Harvard University designed a randomized parall...Animal study suggests safer immunization approach to Alzheimer's
...ain accumulated. The younger the animals were, the slower the plaques regrew. No side effects, such as hemorrhaging or inflammation, were evident. "The results suggest that periodic administration of antibodies directly into the brain might offer a safer method for treating Alzheimer's," Chauhan said. "The ...PITT, OHSU: When early life stress occurs determines its impact later
...d month of life, the reversal took place, but at a slower pace. Monkeys paired in the third month of life did not exhibit a reversal of these atypical behaviors. The researchers believe this research shows a small but distinct window of opportunity for possibly reversing or preventing poor social skill dev...Scientists reveal significant behavioral impacts of early life stress, study therapies
...d month of life, the reversal took place, but at a slower pace. Monkeys paired in the third month of life did not exhibit a reversal of these atypical behaviors. The researchers believe this study shows a small but distinct window of opportunity for possibly reversing or preventing poor social skill develo...