Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a circuit in the brain that appears crucial in converting short-term memories into long-term memorie...
Contact: Jim Dryden jdryden@wustl.edu 314-286-0110 Washington University School of Medicine (USA) St. Louis, (USA)- Young people with eye diseases that damage the inner part of the retina and optic nerve are significantly more likely to have sleep d...
According to German scientists, while we sleep, a reduction in the level of a chemical allows the brain to replay activities (and fix memories). This research could lead towards breakthroughs in treating diseases involving memory. While we are awake...
media contact: Dennis Meredith (919) 681-8054 or (919) 417-6581 dennis.meredith@duke.edu DURHAM, N.C.(USA) -- By exposing rats to novel objects and measuring their brain signals, Duke University researchers have detected telltale signal reverberatio...
Agent cleared for helping workers tired from sleep apnea, shift work. Modafinil (Provigil-Cephalon) has received an expanded indication for improving wakefulness in patients with excessive sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and...
SAN FRANCISCO (USA)-A study appearing in the February issue of Ophthalmology--the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Eye M.D. Association, shows that inner retinal and optic nerve disease may be a significant risk factor...
media contact : Tracey Koepke 919) 684-4148 or (919) 660-1301 koepk002@mc.duke.edu DURHAM, N.C. (USA) - Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and elsewhere have completed the first large-scale study demonstrating sustained efficacy of a medi...
Illusionist David Blaine could die when he begins eating again on Sunday evening after his 44-day fast, a nutrition expert has warned. The 30-year-old American has spent the last 43 days in a glass box suspended next to London's Tower Bridge, appare...
The best survival rate is experienced by people who sleep 7 hours, rather than 8 or more, or less than 4.5 hours, according to an editorial in the February 2004 issue of the journal SLEEP by Daniel F. Kripke, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Universit...
Lack of sleep can affect an individual's memory, ability to perform simple daily tasks, and attention span. Recent studies that help decipher the basic mechanism of sleep may help in the development of drugs that reduce the need for sleep in militar...
Scientists have found an explanation for those mornings where you put coffee on your cornflakes and the cat in the washing machine. They say it is because of a change in the kind of brainwaves someone produces. vBut the researchers, who presented th...
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, thermography shows grea...
A researcher in the Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men need a second prostate ...
Boys aged 13 and 14 living in rural areas, are the most likely of their age group to access pornography, and parents need to be more aware of how to monitor their children's viewin...
Continuing with more than a decade of research, doctors at the University of Minnesota have discovered a treatment to help patients with advanced cases of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y ...
More US residents "will need government help" with health insurance, as employers shift more of the cost to employees and health care costs continue to increase ...
Four recently published opinion pieces examined health insurance and the various reform proposals being considered in Massachusetts. Summaries appear below. Cha ...
The Maryland General Assembly on Thursday overrode Gov. Robert Ehrlich's (R) veto of a bill that will require employers with more than 10,000 workers in the sta ...
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whet...
Large majorities of those who were treated with therapy and with medication satisfied with their care - A national survey of the generaladult population and of ...
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, the...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...
