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Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Brain & Language
Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience
New brain imaging research reveals that a region of the brain important for sensing texture through touch, the parietal operculum, is also activated when someone listens to a sentence with a textural metaphor. The same region is not activated when a similar sentence expressing the meaning of the metaphor is heard.

National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Why 2 new studies represent important breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research
Two separate research findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated understanding of what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease and what can be done to prevent or repair damage in the brain.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Journal of Human Genetics
Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease
Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine, but geneticists are getting close. A case report shows how researchers can combine a simple blood test with an "executive summary" scan of the genome to diagnose a severe glycosylation disorder.

National Institutes of Health, Rocket Fund

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012
Study: Stroke victims recover much better after temporary stent procedure
A new way of opening blocked arteries in the brain using a removable stent system in people suffering strokes brought remarkably positive results in how those patients recovered from the strokes, according to a study presented Feb. 3 at the American Stroke Association's annual conference in New Orleans.

Covidien

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Science
Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Journal of Black Psychology
Dieting with the denomination, determination
According to a new study, those starting new weight loss programs may be surprised to find out that both location and level of experience may influence their success. A recent article published in the Journal of Black Psychology (a journal from the Association of Black Psychologists, published by SAGE) finds that African-American women beginning a new group weight loss program are more successful if they are less experienced with weight management and if the program meets in a church.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Study published in Neuro-Oncology shows brain tumor eradication and prolonged survival
Tocagen Inc. today announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma. Almost all mice receiving the top dose of Toca 511 followed by 5-FC were still alive at 180 days, which was the termination date for the experiment, whereas all control mice died by day 43. The article was published today in the February issue of the Neuro-Oncology journal.

Tocagen Inc.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology
Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation
A new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing. The study appears in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

International Stroke Conference
New device removes stroke-causing blood clots better than standard treatment
An experimental device for removing blood clots in stroke patients dramatically outperformed the standard mechanical treatment, according to research presented by UCLA Stroke Center director Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver at the American Stroke Association's 2012 international conference in New Orleans on Feb. 3.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center offers new hope for deadly brain tumor
In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by recurrant glioblastoma multiforme. Now, a novel investigational device – available only at clinical trial sites – is offering new hope to these patients.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Perspectives on Psychological Science
The complex relationship between memory and silence
People who suffer a traumatic experience often don't talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn't always mean you'll forget it; if you try to force yourself not to think about white bears, soon you'll be imagining polar bears doing the polka. A group of psychological scientists explore the relationship between silence and memories in a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Schooling protects fleeing children from disease
Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results from the University of Copenhagen show that just a few hours of schooling a week may have a pronounced positive impact on their health not only in childhood but later in life when they achieve adulthood.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Psychological Science
A new study shows how to boost the power of pain relief, without drugs
Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction -- say, doing a puzzle -- relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging suggests they do. When applying a placebo, scientists see activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. That's the part of the brain that controls high-level cognitive functions like working memory and attention -- which is what you use to do that distracting puzzle.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientists chart high-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of an international team that has pooled their radio observations into a database, producing the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy.

Office of Naval Research

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
Warfarin and aspirin are similar in heart failure treatment
In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
Rare mutations may help explain aneurysm in high-risk families
An innovative approach to genome screening has provided clues about rare mutations that may make people susceptible to brain aneurysms, predisposing them to brain bleeds, according to preliminary late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients
The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan Schilling presents his study results in this week's issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients
A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.

SYGNIS Bioscience

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn't prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death
The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.

National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

American Stroke Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference

Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
New device performs better than old for removing blood clots
An experimental blood clot-removing device outperformed the FDA-approved MERCI; retriever device, according to late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association's 2012 International Stroke Conference.

Covidien

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Academy of Management Journal
Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
The US may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Obesity
Gene related to fat preferences in humans found
A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene.

National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Lower levels of sunlight link to allergy and eczema
Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study published this week.

Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Dignity counts when caring for older people
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse.

Economic and Social Research Council


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