News articles tagged with 'adult'
New strategy for stimulating neurogenesis may lead to drugs to improve cognition and mood
— 4 Apr 2011 19:06 | HealthResearchers at Columbia University Medical Centre have developed a new way to stimulate neurone production in the adult mouse brain, demonstrating that neurones acquired in the brain's…
Nurturing newborn neurones sharpens minds in mice
— 4 Apr 2011 18:48 | HealthAdult mice engineered to have more newborn neurones in their brain memory hub excelled at accurately discriminating between similar experiences - an ability that declines with normal…
Risk of death is high in older adults with sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness
— 1 Apr 2011 16:06 | HealthA study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that the risk of death is more than two times higher in older adults who have sleep apnea and report struggling with excessive…
Thyroid affects colour vision
— 30 Mar 2011 17:16 | HealthWhat part does the thyroid gland have in vision? Thyroid hormone is crucially involved in controlling which visual pigment is produced in the cones. Previously, it was assumed that…
Childhood psychological problems have long-term economic and social impact, study finds
— 29 Mar 2011 16:28 | HealthPsychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing…
Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
— 29 Mar 2011 15:28 | BiologyFor the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and…
New insight into how environmental enrichment enhances memory
— 28 Mar 2011 18:57 | HealthIt is well established that environmental enrichment, providing animals with rich sensory, motor, and social stimulation, produces both dramatic increases in the number of synapses…
Multiple sclerosis: Risk factors in children
— 21 Mar 2011 16:07 | HealthCanadians have one of the highest rates of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the world with approximately 1,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Primarily striking in adulthood, physicians and…
Tai chi beats back depression in the elderly, study shows
— 17 Mar 2011 18:49 | HealthThe numbers are, well, depressing: More than 2 million people age 65 and older suffer from depression, including 50 percent of those living in nursing homes. The suicide rate among…
Adding new anti-asthma drug to therapy may limit seasonal attacks in children
— 17 Mar 2011 17:49 | HealthA new anti-asthma medication dramatically reduced increases in seasonal asthma attacks in children and young adults with allergic asthma, according to a multi-institutional study involving…