Monthly Archive for October, 2010
Physical Strength Predicts Mortality
Aging gracefully is a challenge for all who are fortunate enough to be given the privilege of growing old. If there was a secret to staying strong and avoiding death as long as possible, someone would have surely discovered it by now. While the secret to successful aging might still elude researchers, new evidence suggests that clinicians can, at least, predict patients that will stay stronger longer.
Can a Tan Stave Off Dementia? Vitamin D and Cognitive Decline
With Alzheimer’s disease affecting 5 million Americans -- a rate that the Alzheimer’s Association warns is ballooning -- public health experts are scrambling for cost-effective ways to combat this deadly disease. While Alzheimer’s medications remain expensive and largely ineffective in preventing or halting disease progression, an unexpected potential weapon has recently emerged. Research published in the The Archives of Internal Medicine found a strong predictive link between circulating levels of vitamin D and cognitive function in the elderly.
Are We Out of Our Minds, or Are They Out of Us?
Neuroscience is an exciting and constantly expanding discipline. It is amazing to know that the collective knowledge about the human brain and how it operates has doubled in the last twenty years. Yet, in spite of this glut of new research and overwhelming preponderance of new information, little is understood about the location of the 'mind'. Is the mind a place in the head? Some thinkers in cognitive science are moving away from the idea that all we are in our heads is an isolated bunch of neurons.
Popular Posts
- Mind Games - Science's Attempts at Thought Control
- The Science of Stuttering
- Intelligence - Are You Holding Back Your Brain?
- Risks of Personalized Medicine
- Is Grief a Mental Illness?
- The Brain's Buying Power
- The Cost of a Good Night's Sleep
- Risk Factors for Recurrence of Depression
- Salvia Divinorum - DEA Control over Magic in the Mint
- The Many Emerging Roles of Astrocytes
Future Posts
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- Thinking Fast Equals Risky Business
- A Gateway to Weight Loss?
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- A Trip for Terminal Patients
- Memory Ain’t What It Used to Be – And That’s Good for Psychotherapy
- The Science of Stuttering
- Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
- Beer – The Smarter Drink
- Macroeconomics and Suicide
- From Nymphomania to Hypersexuality
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