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Cool Therapy Reduces Brain Injury And Death From Oxygen Loss In Newbor
Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and lower incidence of brain injury, according to a report in the October 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. What Can Change In The Brain? Electrical Synapses, Research Shows
Plasticity - the brain's ability to change based on experience and its own activity - is a key to critical functions such as making memories. For the first time, Brown University scientists have shown that neural activity causes long-lasting changes in electrical synapses in the brains of mammals. Results are published in Science. Undergraduate Develops Antenna To Help Robot Move Like A Cockroach
Can a robot learn to navigate like a cockroach? To help researchers find out if a mechanical device can mimic the pesky insect's behavior, a Johns Hopkins engineering student has built a flexible, sensor-laden antenna. The Global Task Force on Cholera Control
The aim of this World Health Organization (WHO) task force is "to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with the disease and to address the social and economic consequences of cholera."Includes a fact sheet, annual statistics, updates about outbreaks (such as in Iraq in 2007), maps of outbreak areas, cholera profiles for countries in Africa, and related publications, such as about the cholera vaccine. Hebrew University Researcher Finds 'Sweet' Way To Help Prevent Heart D
People who eat the Israeli-developed fruit known in Hebrew as pomelit (a cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo) or drink its juice regularly will be able to lower their blood cholesterol and increase their blood antioxidant activity, thus improving their chances of preventing blocked heart arteries and heart attacks, says a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Operation Babylift
"This is the story of Operation Babylift, an amazing and far-reaching event in adoption history. In 1975 over 3,000 infants and children were airlifted from Vietnam and adopted by families around the world."The site features an overview, photographs, articles, and original stories from those who assisted in Operation Babylift and from adoptees. Also includes links to related sites. From the president of national support group Families with Children from Vietnam. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Better Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Closer As Scientists Solve Critical P
Scientists are now one step closer to improved treatment of Type 2 diabetes following significant findings made by scientists at Australia's Garvan Institute of Medical Research. The team from Garvan's Diabetes Signalling Unit, has identified an enzyme known as "PKCepsilon"(PKCe) that is active during diabetes and blocks the availability of insulin. MBL Study Shows How Good Cholesterol Provides Human Immunity To Certai
For years biomedical researchers have known that high density lipoproteins, commonly called HDLs or "good cholesterol,"are responsible for protecting humans from certain parasites, but couldn't explain how. Now MBL scientists have discovered that human HDLs work this bug-repelling magic by serving as a platform for the assembly and delivery of two naturally occurring proteins that combine to create a super-toxic antimicrobial. Brain Activity In Youth May Presage Alzheimer's Pathology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers who used five different medical imaging techniques to study the brain activity of 764 people, including those with Alzheimer's disease, those on the brink of dementia, and healthy individuals, have found that the areas of the brain that young, healthy people use when daydreaming are the same areas that fail in people who have Alzheimer's disease.
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