Thursday, May 17, 2012 by admin
An experimental drug targeting a common mutation in melanoma successfully shrank tumors that spread to the brain in nine out of 10 patients in part of an international phase I clinical trial report.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by admin
Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your head, according to a new report.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by admin
Contrary to recent scholarship and popular belief, parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning in life than people without children, according to researchers. Parents also are happier during the day when they are caring for their children than during their other daily activities, the researchers found in a series of studies conducted in the United States and Canada.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by admin
A new study suggests that head impacts experienced during contact sports such as football and hockey may worsen some college athletes’ ability to acquire new information.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by admin
In 1848, Phineas Gage survived an accident that drove an iron rod through his head. Researchers, for the first time, used images of Gage’s skull combined with modern-day brain images to suggest there was extensive damage to the white matter “pathways” that connected various regions of his brain.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by admin
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits -- such as self-control, decision making or sociability -- than was previously thought, new research suggests.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by admin
After seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others' sexual orientation. Their "gaydar" persisted even when they saw the photos upside-down, and gay versus straight judgments were more accurate for women's faces than for men's.