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Thanks to science, the brain is getting to be more like an open book, giving us information and details hitherto not thought possible. Advances in the area of brain mapping is allowing scientists to discover, for the first time, details of how our brain sends instantaneous messages from one brain cell to another. Researchers at ...click here to read more

Researchers from Northwestern University, who were inspired by a fruit fly, discovered what exactly controls our ability to wake up and fall asleep. The idea to research the mechanisms of sleep originated 15 years ago when the attention of Dr. Ravi Allada’s attention was caught by a mutated fruit fly. The biological clock which aids ...click here to read more

The common notion of the way to a man’s heart being through his stomach now holds true for women as uncovered by researchers at Drexel University. A well put-together dinner can spark romance, and it’s commonly believed that to get the man you should make him a meal. Women, on the other hand, were thought ...click here to read more

The liver is vital to our overall health. It breaks down damaged or old blood cells, helps break down fat to produce energy, produces proteins that aid in blood clotting and plays a major role in metabolism and detoxification. It is also completely unique because it is able to regenerate, unlike our other major organs. ...click here to read more

There is a common perception that as people grow older, they become more childlike. A recent study done at the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) adds credence to the perception as it reveals that older people (like children) have a shorter attention span than young adults. Age is believed to change the way ...click here to read more

Carb lovers rejoice! In a shootout between dietary fats and carbs, to find out which is better for cutting body fat, dietary fats wins hands down. To be more specific, a research study proves that when obese adults cut down the intake of dietary fat it led to 68 percent higher reduction of body fat ...click here to read more

Researchers at Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) and the University of Washington have released new findings which suggest that changes in climate have implications on public health. For the article, climate change’s impact on human health was explored in the U.S. Gulf Coast and other coastal regions. The review rides the coattails ...click here to read more

We all know the power of the spoken word. And now a study shows that words, or in this case a lack of them, can kill. According to the study, a lack of proper communication during shift changes is the most common reason for medical errors in healthcare centers. In fact, the Institute of Medicine ...click here to read more

The symptoms that come with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are by now common knowledge, including involuntary obsessive thought patterns and compulsive ritualistic behavior. After several studies, OCD symptoms have been placed in five categories: hoarding, cleaning, symmetry, checking and forbidden thoughts. A new study shows that people who lose their grasp on reality are more ...click here to read more

A very disturbing aspect of Alzheimer’s disease, one many caregivers and family members fear each day, is when patients fail to fully recognize those closest to them. But as the condition deteriorates, the chance of this happening increases. A psychology doctoral student, Adrian W. Gilmore, along with two Ph.D. research scientists, Kathleen B. McDermott and ...click here to read more

In a recent study, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have discovered that a marker used to figure out if a patient is having a heart attack, can also be used to identify which patients are more likely to suffer from serious cardiac conditions. The research team adopted a test that is more responsive ...click here to read more

It pays to be happy. New research regarding patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) shows that non-happy symptoms like anger, worry, sadness and depression could raise the risk of atherosclerosis – a condition where fatty deposits accumulate in the walls of the arteries and lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Based on these findings, the authors ...click here to read more

Researchers in Germany and Ireland have optimized detection time of a urinary tract infection (UTI) with a new device which combines microfluidics and Raman microscopy. A UTI is an infection which occurs in the urinary tract. Kidney, urethra, bladder and urine can all become affected due to bacteria. Women typically develop UTIs more often than ...click here to read more

A pioneering series of studies by two researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology might shed ample light on the reason behind the genetic mutation that causes cancer. It is a well-known fact that mutations to genes within a cell lead to extraordinary cell growth, and finding the reason ...click here to read more