Wide range of sleep-related disorders associated with abnormal sexual behaviors, experiences
...sexual behaviors during wakefulness and wake-sleep transitions A. Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS), a rare sleep disorder characterized by recurrent and unusually long episodes of hypersomnia. 1. Broad range of hypersexual and deviant sexual arousal and behaviors B. Severe chronic insomnia 1. Increas...New book provides unprecedented look at role of religion over a lifetime
... well as with broader cultural changes, aging, and transitions in the life course. Most longitudinal studies compare the responses of different groups people interviewed at different times about the same topics. The two studies used by Dillon and co-author Paul Wink of Wellesley College -- the Berkeley Guidanc...Depression among retired NFL players: Rates mirror the general public, but pain compounds symptoms
.... "On retirement, athletes have reported jarring transitions to a life in which the focus of such intense commitment is unclear, the resources and personnel that organized and managed their lives away from the competition venue are lost, and the rewards, both emotional and financial, are diminished," Schwenk s...Rutgers-Newark researcher discovers new motor protein mechanism linked to heart disease and strokes
...coworkers, in the article, "Disorder-order folding transitions underlie catalysis in the helicase motor of SecA." Identifying the way this motor protein works is significant because it may lead to the development of new pharmacological therapies which can target and kill the bacteria to prevent or minimize damag...Mount Sinai School of Medicine receives prestigious AAMC Grant for Chronic Illness Care education
...ment teams will shepherd patients through the many transitions of care, and bridge these gaps, including acute care visits, inpatient admissions, emergency room visits and discharges to various venues. The inpatient and outpatient firms will be aligned in order to facilitate the communication during these hand-o...Lizard 'third eye' sheds light on evolution of color vision
...ve eye with relatively few cell types, to tell the transitions of the day based on changes in the spectrum of sunlight," says Chih-Ying Su, Ph.D., the first author of the study and a former neuroscience graduate student at Hopkins. "It's just like in a small company," says Yau. "You have to delegate each person ...Health systems in the Middle East need to adapt to face future challenges
...eh El-Saharty from The World Bank state that these transitions include the decreasing rates of infectious diseases and increasing rates of non-infectious diseases, increasing prevalence of tobacco use, increasing mortality due to road traffic injuries, iron-deficiency anaemia, and newer problems such as obesity ...GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership
...cal need for training and reform as North Carolina transitions from a state-funded and -administered mental health care system to one that is privatized. In collaboration with the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Substance Abuse Services; Duke and UNC will each provide a se...What can change in the brain? Electrical synapses, research shows
...ose connections - allows it to form memories, make transitions between sleep and waking, and focus attention on objects of interest. This phenomenon is a form of neural plasticity. Chemical synapses, junctions where neurons communicate using chemical substances, have long been implicated in plasticity. Now, for ...Penn study finds direct role for glial cells in brain cross-talk
...ought to be important in controlling wake-to-sleep transitions and epileptic seizures. "This finding may cause ne...he synapse may explain the nature of wake-to-sleep transitions during periods of drowsiness. "The next step is to study the behavior of these mice during manipulat...Mayo Clinic researchers use ultrasound to describe subtle heart muscle motions
....2005], are based on "snapshots" of the mechanical transitions that occur between the main relaxation and contrac...nical, biochemical and electrical aspects of these transitions which occur between phases of relaxation -- when the heart ventricles fill with a volume of blood --...Study is first to implicate dietary fat in 'fatty liver'
...nage the various influxes of fat that occur during transitions between the fasted and fed states. Identifying the origins of accumulated fat in the livers of NAFLD patients will be important in preventing and reversing this condition, which can lead to more serious liver trouble. The work will be published May 2...... and inspirational letters to make their household transitions less threatening. HOW TO NOMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL: Nomination forms can be completed and submitted via World of Children's web site at http://www.worldofchildren.org ....