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  • New computational theory of brain function
    News - 16 Nov 2007
    Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientist Marcel Just and Stanford postdoctoral fellow Sashank Varma have put forward a new computational theory of brain function that provides answers to one of the...
  • Diesel exhaust fumes increase clot formation and blood platelet activity
    News - 6 Nov 2007
    Increased roadway pollution produced by diesel fuel in vehicles is leading to a cascade of conditions that could result in heart attack or stroke, researchers suggested in the report of a small study...
  • Sharp declines in hospital death rates in 2004
    News - 16 Oct 2007
    Sharp declines in the hospital death rates of patients from heart attack and five other leading conditions meant that an estimated 136,000 who would have died had they been hospitalized a decade...
  • Low levels of good cholesterol risk for heart disease
    News - 3 Oct 2007
    According to the latest research reducing the amount of "bad cholesterol" (LDL - low density lipoprotein cholesterol) in the blood is incidental if the proper amount of "good cholesterol" (HDL - high...
  • Scots second only to Americans when it comes to obesity
    News - 26 Sep 2007
    Health officials in Britain say Scotland now has the one of highest obesity rates in the developed world, and comes second to the United States.
  • Breakthrough in cardiovascular research
    News - 18 Sep 2007
    Cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis - a condition that greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke - by suppressing the activity of a key protein that protects the heart and blood...
  • Warning - OTC diet supplement contains undeclared diet drug
    News - 21 Aug 2007
    Canadians are being warned that an over-the-counter (OTC) dietary supplement has been recalled because it contains a prescription drug used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Polypill cure-for-all could become a killer
    News - 30 Jul 2007
    Doctors in Britain are warning that offering all men over 50 and all women over 60 a pill to protect them against heart disease and stroke, will only serve to encourage an unhealthy lifestyle.
  • For older women HRT a risky option
    News - 12 Jul 2007
    According to an international study older women should not take Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
  • Advances in epilepsy treatment
    News - 1 Jun 2007
    Epilepsy and seizures affect 2.5 million Americans, 181,000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed every year, and the disorder incurs an estimated $12.5 billion in annual direct and indirect costs.

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