News articles tagged with 'deficit'
Yoga alleviates pain and improves function in fibromyalgia patients
— 14 Oct 2010 10:42 | HealthFibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating condition affecting 11 million individuals in the US alone. FM carries an annual direct cost for care of more than $20 billion and drug therapies…
Deficits in brain's reward system observed in ADHD patients
— 9 Sep 2009 13:27 | HealthA brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provides the first definitive evidence that patients suffering from attention…
Extraordinary perception deficit sheds light on how we see
— 8 May 2009 06:44 | HealthTo the casual observer, the student seemed absolutely normal. Though she often made mistakes in spelling and math, those were usually ascribed to carelessness. After all, the girl -…
Older air traffic controllers perform as well as young on job-related tasks
— 9 Mar 2009 11:00 | HealthIn a study that challenges the mandatory retirement of air traffic controllers at the age of 56 in the U.S., researchers have found that air traffic controllers up to age 64 perform…
Adult-onset diabetes slows mental functioning in several ways
— 5 Jan 2009 15:18 | HealthAdults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given the…
'MEDNIK:' A novel genetic syndrome
— 6 Dec 2008 11:56 | HealthCanadian researchers announce the discovery of MEDNIK, a debilitating genetic syndrome, in a study published 5 December in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. The team demonstrates…
Study of learning disabled mice shows balance in the brain is key
— 31 Oct 2008 13:52 | HealthA new study in the 31st October issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal, has revealed the molecular and cellular underpinnings of one of the most common, single gene causes for learning…
Age-related memory loss tied to slip in filtering information quickly
— 6 Sep 2008 19:54 | HealthScientists have identified a way in which the brain's ability to process information diminishes with age, and shown that this break down contributes to the decreased ability to form…
Hormone disorder may contribute to lack of menstruation in teenage athletes
— 17 Jun 2008 14:10 | HealthResearchers from Harvard University have found a way to predict which teenage female athletes will stop menstruating, an important risk factor for bone thinning, according to a preliminary…
Chemicals found in green tea beat OSA-related brain deficits
— 15 May 2008 13:04 | HealthChemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study published in the second issue for…