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Environmental aspects rather than genes play a major role in MCI in non-demented elderly

February 6, 2012
Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

Researchers caution against over-reliance on CNT in return-to-play decisions

February 3, 2012
A new study by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus and Pace University is critical of the widespread use of computerized neuropsychological tests (CNT) in decisions regarding when athletes can return to play after suffering a concussion.

What Parents Need To Know About Helmets For Winter Play

January 24, 2012
It's not winter in Canada if children don't spend time speeding down the slopes! Canadian tobogganing is a tradition handed down from generation to generation. For a long time, it's been considered one of the safest winter activities. Unfortunately, the arrival of winter is followed by an increase in visits ...

Key Role Grandmothers Play In Mother And Child Nutrition And Health Highlighted By Research

January 22, 2012
Grandmothers and other senior female family members should play a key role in nutrition and health programmes for children and women in non-Western societies. However, they are often overlooked by health organisations that don't understand the importance of their role or see them as an obstacle to promoting good nutrition ...

What type of helmet is best for winter play?

January 20, 2012
It's not winter in Canada if children don't spend time speeding down the slopes! Canadian tobogganing is a tradition handed down from generation to generation. For a long time, it's been considered one of the safest winter activities.

Red wine could play a role in lowering risk of breast cancer

January 20, 2012
Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) prevent the conversion of androgens to estrogens, and could play a role in the development of breast cancer. This study of 36 pre-menopausal women consisted of a cross-over intervention trial to determine if there were differences between red wine and white wine in their effects on AIs.

What type of helmet is best for winter play?

January 20, 2012
(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) The arrival of winter is followed by an increase in visits to hospital emergency departments by young people presenting with head injuries resulting from winter activities, including tobogganing. Fortunately, helmets are known to reduce the risk of head injury; but with so many ...

Research highlights key role grandmothers play in mother and child nutrition and health

January 19, 2012
Grandmothers and other senior female family members should play a key role in nutrition and health programmes for children and women in non-Western societies. However, they are often overlooked by health organisations that don't understand the importance of their role or see them as an obstacle to promoting good nutrition ...

Research highlights key role grandmothers play in mother and child nutrition and health

January 19, 2012
(Wiley-Blackwell) Grandmothers and other senior female family members should play a key role in nutrition and health programs for children and women in non-Western societies. However, they are often overlooked by health organizations that don't understand the importance of their role or see them as an obstacle to promoting good ...

Bacterial toxin may play important role in acute, chronic urinary tract infections

January 18, 2012
Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding and disable immune responses. According to this new study, published in the Jan. 19, 2012, issue of Cell Host & Microbe, α-hemolysin, ...

Cell ‘Battery’ Found To Play Central Role In Neurodegenerative Disease

January 18, 2012
A devastating neurodegenerative disease that first appears in toddlers just as they are beginning to walk has been traced to defects in mitochondria, the 'batteries' or energy-producing power plants of cells. This finding by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro ...

Bacterial toxin may play important role in acute, chronic urinary tract infections

January 18, 2012
(University of Utah Health Sciences) Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding and disable immune responses.