How green tea could help improve MRIs
From the American Chemical Society media release: Green tea’s popularity has grown quickly in recent years. Its fans can drink it, enjoy its flavor in their ice cream and slather it on their skin with…
Brain waves predict our risk for insomnia
From the Concordia University media release: A recent Concordia study examined the sleep cycles of 12 Concordia students as they went through the nerve-racking experience of finals. There may not yet be a cure for…
Study finds that clot removal plus medication yields better outcomes than drug alone
From the Rush University Medical Center media release: Stroke is the leading cause of severe long-term disability in the United States, and less than 40 percent of patients who experience the most severe form of stroke…
How we hear distance: Echoes are essential for humans to perceive how far away a sound is
From the University of Conneticut: Mammals are good at figuring out which direction a sound is coming from, whether it’s a rabbit with a predator breathing down its neck or a baby crying for its…
Sweet nanoparticles target stroke
From the FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) media release: Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell…
Common antidepressant increased coronary atherosclerosis in animal model
From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center media release: A commonly prescribed antidepressant caused up to a six-fold increase in atherosclerosis plaque in the coronary arteries of non-human primates, according to a study by researchers…
When attention is a deficit
From the Princeton University media release: Sometimes being too focused on a task is not a good thing. During tasks that require our attention, we might become so engrossed in what we are doing that…
Playing music by professional musicians activates genes for learning and memory
From the University of Helsinki media release: Music performance is known to induce structural and functional changes to the human brain and enhance cognition. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying music performance have been so far…
Less futile end-of-life care observed where palliative care knowledge is greater
From the Brown University media release: When a nursing home patient is dying, aggressive interventions such as inserting a feeding tube or sending the patient to the emergency room can futilely exacerbate, rather than relieve,…
Less futile end-of-life care observed where palliative care knowledge is greater
From the Brown University media release: When a nursing home patient is dying, aggressive interventions such as inserting a feeding tube or sending the patient to the emergency room can futilely exacerbate, rather than relieve,…