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Nicotine ‘primes’ brain for cocaine, say researchers
Posted by mewtwo158 96 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Doctors from Columbia University have found scientific evidence of the so-called gateway effect, determining that nicotine and alcohol “prime the brain” for drug use.
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Researchers find possible drug target for PTSD
Posted by Seabassownz 154 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
People with post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to have low levels of the brain chemical serotonin 1B, a study shows, giving new direction for the development of treatment.
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Researchers to tell jokes to vegetative patients
Posted by WarriorZ100 215 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
It’ll be a tough audience, to be sure, but University of Western Ontario researchers will tell jokes to severely brain damaged patients to see if they can understand language and feel emotion.
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Italian doctors reporting their findings in The Lancet say social networking could be a new, real-life source of stress.
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Researchers identify brain areas key to inherited anxiety disorder
Posted by Munkmannen 539 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Temperament could be result of inherited genetic condition, Nature reports.
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Researchers: Chris Henry had brain damage at the time of his death
Posted by Ultimata33 590 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Chris Henry, the late Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death, according to scientists at the Brain Injury Research Institute.
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Big smilers may live longer, researchers say
Posted by wolfthestar 680 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
People who flash heartfelt, crinkly-eyed grins tend to live longer, according to an unusual study of baseball players' photos
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—Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a breast cancer conference said Thursday — comments that could ignite heated discussions among victims and advocates.
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Top researchers ask for ethics funding
Posted by Theiornman 803 days ago (http://healthzone.ca)
In the wake of growing scandals over conflicts of interest and ghostwriting in medical research, more than 100 top researchers from around the world – including several from Canada – wrote to the U.S. National Institutes of Health this morning to ask it fund ethics research.
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Researchers call for tests for `angina of the legs'
Posted by badboy1458 833 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
All Canadians over age 50 should be routinely tested for a narrowing of blood vessels to the legs that could put them at elevated risk for a heart attack or stroke, cardiologists say.
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Researchers say aspirin cuts colon cancer risk
Posted by LittleEdge 870 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday.
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More evidence links diabetes to Alzheimer's risk, researchers say
Posted by TempStrife 1014 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.
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Researchers warn of smoking-breast cancer link
Posted by diva77677 1021 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Smoking causes breast cancer. So does second-hand smoke.
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