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Little Blows to Head Add Up to Big Risk
Small hits to the head may add up to injuries for high school football players, according to a new study by the Purdue Neurotrauma Group at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.teammate watching game

Small hits to the head may add up to injuries for high school football players, according to a new study by the Purdue Neurotrauma Group at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

WebMD Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Purple Potatoes Lower Blood Pressure in Overweight People
When overweight people included two servings of purple potatoes a day in their diet for a month, they not only reduced their blood pressure, but they also didn't gain weight in the process, a small study shows.sliced purple potatoes

When overweight people included two servings of purple potatoes a day in their diet for a month, they not only reduced their blood pressure, but they also didn't gain weight in the process, a small study shows.

WebMD Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Health bodies reject NHS reforms
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
BBC News - Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Malaria toll 'is twice as high'
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
BBC News - Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease
Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine, but geneticists are getting close. A case report shows how researchers can combine a simple blood test with an "executive summary" scan of the genome to diagnose a severe glycosylation disorder.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:14:50 GMT

Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging and neurodegenerative diseases
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:14:50 GMT

A lonely heart can make you sick: Middle aged divorced women vulnerable to contracting HIV
Newly divorced middle aged women are more vulnerable to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research, because they tend to let their guard down with new sexual partners and avoid using protection since they are not afraid of getting pregnant.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:14:50 GMT

Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience
(Emory University) New brain imaging research reveals that a region of the brain important for sensing texture through touch, the parietal operculum, is also activated when someone listens to a sentence with a textural metaphor. The same region is not activated when a similar sentence expressing the meaning of the metaphor is heard.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

AFER announces 2011 Genentech Fellowship recipients
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) ARVO Foundation for Eye Research congratulates the first AFER/Genentech Age-related macular Degeneration Fellowship recipients -- Balamurali K. Ambati, M.D., Ph.D., and Stephen H. Tsang, M.D., Ph.D. Each received $40,000 to support their age-related macular degeneration research and will be honored at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 6, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

Why 2 new studies represent important breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research
(AHAF-American Health Assistance Foundation) Two separate research findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated understanding of what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease and what can be done to prevent or repair damage in the brain.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:01 GMT

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