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Pregnancy hormone may offer hope for MS patients
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2007-02-21 01:59:09

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists intrigued by the fact that multiple sclerosis can slip into remission when women are pregnant said on Tuesday a pregnancy-related hormone may offer great promise for treating the neurological disease.


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Intel healthcare puts Tablet PCs in motion at hospitals
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-02-20 23:47:55
While Tablet PCs are finally becoming more popular with consumers, the vertical healthcare market is ideally suited. So, is Intel telling hospitals to take a few tablets and it’ll all be better in the morning?


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Surgeons who play video games more skilled: study
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2007-02-20 04:55:45

CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.


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Play video games and become a better surgeon
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science

Category: Health

2007-02-19 21:56:04
A new paper from a team of medical researchers claims that research shows playing video games will help surgeons become more skilled and make fewer mistakes, No this is not April 1 and this is not a hoax.


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Are there secrets to life-long brain power?
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: The Register

2007-02-19 03:29:30

Research shows that there are. According to Dr Dharma Singh Khalsa, president and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation International in Tucson, Arizona and author of Brain Longevity (1997), Meditation as Medicine (2002), and Food as Medicine (2004), "your brain needs three different kinds of exercise to thrive best". These are mental exercise, aerobic physical exercise, and mind/body exercises.


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