Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 5 October 2008

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Sunday 5 October 2008

Fluorescent Proteins In The Brain Light Up During Individual Action Potentials Making It Possible To Track Nerve Cell Communication
Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting individual action potentials in...
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Too Many Calories Send The Brain Off Kilter
An overload of calories throws critical portions of the brain out of whack, reveals a study in the October 3rd issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. That response in the brain's hypothalamus - the...
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Experts Find Loss Of Control Leads People To Seek Order, Answers
New research published in the journal Science explains why individuals seek to find and impose order on an unruly world through superstition, rituals and conspiratorial explanations by linking a loss of control to individual perceptions...
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Other Medical and Health News for 5 October*

'Invisibility Cloak' To Protect Coastlines

Critical Health Risks From Plastic Revealed By 6 Environmental Research Studies

Electromagnetic Biomarker Could Minimize Trial-And-Error Prescribing For Depression

Rethinking Who Should Be Considered 'Essential' During A Pandemic Flu Outbreak

Psychological Impact Of Gene Test For Breast Cancer

Study On Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes, Water Could Have Wide-Ranging Implications

FDA Clearance Of World's First Catheter With Subcutaneous Securement System, Interrad Medical

HSP90 Inhibitor To Advance To Clinical Development - Prominent In Tumor Cells Where It Promotes Activity Of Proteins Controlling Growth And Survival

CSHP Selects Jay Rho As 2008 Pharmacist Of The Year And Mirta Millares For Distinguished Service, California

19th International Symposium On Human Identification Features Advances And Applications In DNA Testing

State Legislative Proposals Restricting Access To Generic Medicines Would Increase Costs $29 Billion Over 10 Years - New PCMA Research

Electrifying Possibilities For Medical Implants Following Study Of Eel Cells

Study Suggests Inter-Species Collaboration May Be Common In Many Ecosystems, Potential Agricultural, Medicinal Uses

NIH Funding For New Epigenomics Initiative

Survey Finds Concerns About Economy May Increase Incidence Of Home Fires

Nurse Convicted For Cocaine Possession Struck Off Nursing & Midwifery Council Register

NMC Responds To House Of Lords Inquiry Into New Draft EU Directive On Patients' Rights

Pharmacy Profession Supports Calls For Publicly Funded Weight-Loss Programs

MPS Urges Doctors To Remain Vigilant For Signs Of Elder Abuse

Construction Firms Must Act On Advice Warn HSE, UK

HSE Issues Safety Alert On Gas Appliance Flues In Ceiling Voids, UK

Long Beach Memorial RNs Settle Groundbreaking Contract

Breast Cancer Patient Can No Longer Afford To Save Her Own Life

Pregnant Women Reminded To Get Flu Vaccination

In October, ACOG Co-Sponsors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

ASCO And Susan G. Komen For The Cure Launch Initiative To Combat Disparities In Cancer Care

Rare Books Benefit Common Disease

Developments In Technology May Help Diagnose MS In The Future

Sue Barker MBE Presents Awards At MDC National Conference

UN Calls For Unconditional Release Of 90 LRA - Abducted Children In The DRC

Somalia: Surge In Wounded And Displaced As Violence Increases In Mogadishu

Haiti: Survivors In Flooded Village Stranded With No Help

MSF Still Blocked In Maradi Despite A New Memorandum Of Understanding

Medicare Publishes Billing Edits To Reduce Payment Errors

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