Is there such a thing as internet addiction? The Times | Ben Alexander always struggled to fit in. Teased at primary school and beaten up in senior school, he turned to the internet, where he found a whole new world of friends. Subscribing to the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he joined 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Di...
Childhood stress may lead to brain damage The Times Of India Childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect can result in structural brain changes, a new study has shown. | Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have shown that childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect, in particular when combined with genetic factors, can result i...
Passenger identified in plane crash The Miami Herald | BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Authorities have confirmed a passenger killed with a Birmingham neurosurgeon after the plane he was flying crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle was his wife. | Mike Gurspan, public information officer for th...
Corey Haim's Death Highlights Difficulty of Addiction Recovery ABC News By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN | ABC News Medical Unit | March 10, 2010 | The death of 38-year-old actor by an alleged prescription drug overdose has cast renewed light on the question of whether an addict can truly "recover" -- particularly in light of accoun...
Steven Gerrard believes football is a science DNA India | London: England and Liverpool FC plater Steven Gerrard has described football as a science that requires years of understanding and practice. | Opening a sports science facility at a Merseyside university, The Telegraph quoted Gerrard as saying ...
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Dalai Lama plans Madison visit in May The Examiner Comments MADISON, Wis. (Map, News) - The Dalai Lama plans to visit a healthy minds center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May. | The visit will be the seventh time the Da...
Early Signs Of Glaucoma Can Be Found In The Brain redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 07:40 CST | Researchers at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute are now a step closer to deciphering a leading cause of blindness in the United States –...
Research notes more ways music affects brain Seattle Times | Music to our ears not only affects our mood and, if too loud, our hearing, but actually reaches into many different parts of our brains. | Tunes - especially those we perform our...
Michael Jackson's eccentric behaviors possibly tied to OCD: Info 101 The Examiner | Michael Jackson, 1984Wikimedia Commons Related articlesStrength training like fountain of youth in aging women: Improves mind and body Inventing retirement security and longevity through creative release Secrets of longevity for the elderly: T...
Wide eyes betray decision-makers DNA India | London: When people make decisions, their pupils dilate, a cue that could be used to predict a person's intentions, says a new research. | It is already known that when it gets darker, pupils dilate. Such a reflex is mediated by the release of ...
Marc Savard may miss season Boston Herald | Bruins general manager said it’s well within the realm of possibility that Marc Savard could miss the rest of the season with the Grade 2 concussion the star playmaker suffered Sunday in Pittsburgh. | “That could be. There are only (17)...
Researchers get plastic to act totally metal Ars Technica | Plastics became ubiquitous during the 20th century. They were hot topics of industrial and academic research, and saw innumerable consumer applications. While plastics can have a wide variety of mechanical properties, they are almost universally good insulators, both of heat and electricity. But a paper out of the Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engine...
