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Brain Health
Brain Health: refers to the ability to remember, learn, play, concentrate and maintain a clear, active mind... Simply, brain health is all about making the most of your brain and helping reduce some risks to it as you age.
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SEP 15, 2014Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 29, 2014Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2014Neuroscience
The National Institutes of Health have awarded University of Pennsylvania researchers a five-year, $2.8 million grant to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2014Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain ...JUL 30, 2014Neuroscience
While scientists are not yet sure how it works, they have linked a new protein to Alzheimer's disease. Called TDP-43, th ...JUL 23, 2014Neuroscience
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2014Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2014Neuroscience
When a woman experiences a stressful event early in pregnancy, the risk that her child will develop autism spectrum diso ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 09, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much attention is given to the quality of schools when it comes to producing well-adjusted children that become responsi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 02, 2014Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 23, 2014Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 07, 2014Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle ...APR 29, 2014Neuroscience
Memory research has made great advances in recent years, especially with respect to the biochemistry of the brain. Both ...APR 18, 2014Health & Medicine
An advertising campaign for a popular candy bar uses the phrase "you're not you when you're hungry" in humorous commerci ...APR 10, 2014Neuroscience
Generally, there are six emotions that are considered the basics for cognitive analysis - anger, happiness, fear, surpri ...APR 02, 2014Infographics
The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2014. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebr ...MAR 17, 2014Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y ...JAN 28, 2014Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove ...DEC 07, 2013Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b ...
SEP 15, 2014
Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 29, 2014
Neuroscience
decline in people with dementia," he concluded.
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
The study was published online August 20 in the journal Brain ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2014
Neuroscience
The National Institutes of Health have awarded University of Pennsylvania researchers a five-year, $2.8 million grant to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2014
Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain
...
JUL 30, 2014
Neuroscience
While scientists are not yet sure how it works, they have linked a new protein to Alzheimer's disease. Called TDP-43, th
...
JUL 23, 2014
Neuroscience
."
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2014
Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2014
Neuroscience
When a woman experiences a stressful event early in pregnancy, the risk that her child will develop autism spectrum diso
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 09, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Much attention is given to the quality of schools when it comes to producing well-adjusted children that become responsi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 02, 2014
Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 23, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 07, 2014
Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle
...
APR 29, 2014
Neuroscience
Memory research has made great advances in recent years, especially with respect to the biochemistry of the brain. Both
...
APR 18, 2014
Health & Medicine
An advertising campaign for a popular candy bar uses the phrase "you're not you when you're hungry" in humorous commerci
...
APR 10, 2014
Neuroscience
Generally, there are six emotions that are considered the basics for cognitive analysis - anger, happiness, fear, surpri
...
APR 02, 2014
Infographics
The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2014. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebr
...
MAR 17, 2014
Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y
...
JAN 28, 2014
Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove
...
DEC 07, 2013
Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b
...