From the Georgia Tech press release: Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI). The gadget was successfully used…
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that people with a form of mild cognitive impairment…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation in the size and activity…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via ScienceDaily: Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain’s long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release via Newswise: When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas…
From the UC San Diego press release via MedicalXpress: In a paper published in the July 11 online issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have…
From the Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins press release via Newswise: Specific types of “mindfulness practices” including Zen meditation have research-proven benefits for patients with certain physical and mental health problems, according to…
From the Georgia Health Sciences University press release via MedicalXpress: Communication between the brain and muscle must be strong for us to eat, breathe or walk. Now scientists have found that a protein known to…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via MedicalXpress: A new study shows that taking part in a stress management program may help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) prevent new disease activity. The study…
From the Duke University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Among patients with mild or no cognitive impairment, brain scans using a new radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer’s disease that may predict…