Toronto, Dec 28 (IANS) Women seem to be gifted with a finer sense of touch, thanks to their slender, smaller fingers.
‘Neuroscientists have long known that some people have a better sense of touch than others, but the reasons for this difference have been mysterious,’ said neuroscientist and study author Daniel Goldreich of McMaster University.
‘Our discovery [...]
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A new web-based tool that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke has been developed.
For the study, published in the December 16, 2009, online issue of Neurology, researchers examined information from 1,458 [...]
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a novel explanation to why women are more sensitive than men – they say it’s all in the fingertips.
They have found that petite fingers have a more developed sense of touch, making them more sensitive.
This finding explains why women tend to have better tactile acuity than [...]
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Researchers have identified a new gene that would help in developing potential personalized treatment for the most common form of ovarian cancer.
They have found that the gene called MAGP2 was overexpressed in papillary serous ovarian tumours of patients who died more quickly.
They also found evidence suggesting possible mechanisms by which MAGP2 [...]
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): Genes behind malfunctioning circadian clock could be responsible for bipolar disorder in children, according to a study.
In a collaborative study, researchers found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with paediatric bipolar disorder.
Alexander Niculescu from Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, US, and others at Harvard, UC San [...]
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): Head injuries could aggravate depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry.
In the study, researchers found structural changes in the brains of former South [...]
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): A drug previously approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can treat severe ANCA-associated vasculitis as effectively as cyclophosphamide, the current standard therapy, say researchers.
The finding of Rituxan has been presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.
“The reason this is [...]
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Parkinson’s patients, who have higher levels of urate, a chemical that at very high level is associated with gout, have slow progression of the neuro-degenerative disease, a new study has found.
Although it is not known if the high levels actually somehow protect patients or simply serve as a marker of protection, [...]
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): Vitamin D plays a vital role in reducing the risk of death associated with older age, says a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
The research has been published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. It evaluated the association between vitamin [...]
Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): The blood thinner warfarin should be prescribed with caution in some heart patients with kidney failure, say researchers who found that the drug was linked to an increased risk of stroke.
Wafarin is prescribed to reduce the risk of strokes [...]
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Taking aspirin on a regular basis after being diagnosed with colon cancer has been found to reduce the chances of dying from the disease, reveals a new study.
Numerous prospective, observational studies have shown that regular aspirin use is linked to a lower risk of colorectal adenoma (a benign tumour) or cancer. [...]
