Different types of dementia show dissimilar changes in brain activity. A network mapping technique described in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has been applied to EEG data obtained from patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD, a less common type of dementia with more prominent behavioral symptoms).
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has urged the Department of Health to press ahead with consultation on the proposals put forward by Professor Jimmy Steele in his review of NHS dentistry following the publication of two reports today by the NHS Information Centre. The reports reveal a small increase in the number of patients able […]
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A study conducted by Elliot J. Coups, PhD, who recently joined The Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s (CINJ) Division of Public Health Science, is featured in the current edition of Physician’s Weekly (Volume 26, Number 31). The article includes commentary by Coups in which he outlines research that he and a group of colleagues […]
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Title: Are Candles Making You Sick?Category: Health NewsCreated: 8/19/2009 4:56:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 8/20/2009
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A new study from the University of Missouri may shed light on how to increase the level and quality of activity in the elderly. In the study, published in this week’s edition of Public Library of Science - ONE, MU researchers found that gene therapy with a proven “longevity” gene energized mice during exercise, and […]
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For unknown reasons, the human brain distinctly separates the handling of images of living things from images of non-living things, processing each image type in a different area of the brain. For years, many scientists have assumed the brain segregated visual information in this manner to optimize processing the images themselves, but new research shows […]
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IBS remains a common intestinal disorder causing significant discomfort and poor quality of life in patients who have the diagnosis. TCAs have been shown to improve abdominal pain in patients with IBS; however, there is insufficient evidence of global symptom relief. The search for an optimal treatment to improve symptoms and quality of life in […]
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than a third of all adults, some of them repeatedly. The researchers have discovered how cells within the bladder are able to sense the presence of E. […]
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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have shown the first link between a newly discovered anti-aging gene and high blood pressure. The results, which appear this month in the journal Hypertension, offer new clues on how we age and how we might live longer. Persistent hypertension, or high blood […]
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