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Are our brains physically shaped by life experiences?
October 23, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
New window of opportunity to prevent cardiovascular, diseases
October 23, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Future prevention and treatment strategies for vascular diseases may lie in the evaluation of early brain imaging tests long before heart attacks or strokes occur, according to a systematic review conducted by a team of cardiologists, neuroscientists, …
If you’re over 60, drink up: Alcohol associated with better memory
October 23, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
For people 60 and older who do not have dementia, light alcohol consumption during late life is associated with higher episodic memory — the ability to recall memories of events — researchers report.
Diet for your DNA: novel nutrition plan sparks debate around data protection
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Personalised diet plans will not be widely accepted by the public until regulations are in place to protect information about our DNA, new research has shown.
What Americans fear most – new poll from Chapman University
October 23, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Chapman University has initiated the first comprehensive nationwide study on what strikes fear in Americans in the first of what is a planned annual study.
Even depressed people believe that life gets better
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Adults typically believe that life gets better – today is better than yesterday was and tomorrow will be even better than today.
Chromosome linked to cancer and death risk in men
October 22, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Research shows that Y chromosome loss in aging men may play a role in determining lifespan and ability to fight cancer.
Exposure therapy appears helpful in treating patients with prolonged grief
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Cognitive behavioral therapy with exposure therapy (CBT/exposure), where patients relive the experience of a death of a loved one, resulted in greater reductions in measures of prolonged grief…
Bipolar disorder discovery at the nano level
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A nano-sized discovery helps explain how bipolar disorder affects the brain and could one day lead to new drug therapies to treat the mental illness, researchers report.
Brain simulation raises questions
October 22, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
What does it mean to simulate the human brain? Why is it important to do so? And is it even possible to simulate the brain separately from the body it exists in? These questions are discussed in a new paper.
