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Symbols Can Help Children Control Impulses, Get More Of What They Want
Researchers investigating how self- control develops in young children found that abstract symbols can lead the youngsters toward a more optimal decision than when they have to make a choice with tangible objects such as candy. OHSU Researchers Discover Potential Mechanism To Repair Brain Damage L
Oregon Health &Science University researchers have identified some of the key factors that prevent the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), complications of premature birth, and other diseases and conditions. The findings offer important clues about why the nervous system fails to repair itself and suggest ways that at least some forms of brain damage could be reversed. [Gross] Police Say Man Bit Off Co-Worker's Ear
A 21-year-old man bit off a co-worker's ear after an argument over money, police said. Scientists Characterize Proteome Of Human Cornea
An international group of researchers has characterized the proteome of the human cornea. In doing so, they have identified 141 distinct proteins, 99 of which had not been previously recognized in mammalian corneas. The details of their findings appear in the August/September issue of Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology journal. Zune Winning Big With Brown?
The retro styling of Microsoft's upstart music player is turning iPod owners' heads. In Gear Factor. Preliminary Data Suggest That Soda And Sweet Drinks Are The Main Sourc
Tufts researchers recently reported that while the leading source of calories in the average American diet used to be from white bread, that may have changed. Now, according to preliminary research conducted by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Americans are drinking these calories instead. Could Ocean Currents Change?
Two new studies consider how ocean circulation could change. One study suggests that the melting of North American continental glaciers 8,200 yearsago and subsequent rapid sea level rise induced a large-scale reorganization of broad oceanic circulation patterns. In a second study researchers describe a model showing that a change of surface buoyancy in the Northern Hemisphere may significantly influence the stratification and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. A More Accurate Screening Test For Prostate Cancer?
Men middle-aged and older routinely get blood tests for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer. However, PSA testing has shortcomings: many men with elevated PSAs don't have clinically significant prostate cancer and may undergo unnecessary treatments, which can cause infertility, incontinence, and impotence. Short Episodes Of Manic Symptoms May Indicate Bipolar Disorder In Some
Not all children with bipolar disorder may be getting properly identified because they fall just short of meeting diagnostic criteria for the disorder -- criteria that is based on adult experiences -- finds a study that examines the characteristics of children and adolescents who have symptoms of mania. The findings are from the first study of its kind to delineate the types of symptoms seen in children with bipolar spectrum disorders. Cardiologists Fix Broken Heart: Case Study Points Out Rarely Diagnosed
Unexplained chest pain after a heart attack might be more dangerous than many physicians originally think. In a case study to be published in the January issue of the international journal Clinical Cardiology, physicians at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia report on a seemingly healthy 55-year-old man who had a silent heart attack and subsequent unexplained chest pain.
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