Tag: research

What Does It Mean to Be Conscious?

A study published on October 31 in the online open source journal NeuroImage:…

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Gene Mutations That Cause Dementia and ALS Successfully Targeted in New Experiments

The idea behind ‘personalized’ medicine is to target the precise mutation in…

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Migraines Affect Men and Women’s Brains Differently: Is Addiction in Men Equal to Headaches In Women?

Harvard researcher Nasim Maleki’s well-known study, published in the journalBrain last year, found that…

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Transforming the Experience and Delivery of Health Care at the Mayo Clinic

Although I have been to the Minneapolis area many times over the…

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For Hospitals, More “Likes” = Lower Mortality?

Facebook may really have an impact on health! According to a new…

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Cognitive Gender Differences: Are Women More Efficient Thinkers?

Scientists have puzzled over cognitive differences between men and women for at…

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The Mid-Life Crisis Strikes Apes, Too

From Nature: A study of 508 great apes in captivity shows that the…

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Aspirin Linked to Macular Degeneration

As someone who take a baby aspirin a day, I sat up…

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Industry Funded Medical Research and The Integrity of the Scientific Method: Have We Lost Our Way?

Recently, my middle school daughter has been learning about the use of…

Kevin Campbell Kevin Campbell

Determining Paths of Research

As reported in this blog time and again, the Partnership to Fight…

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