News tagged with short term memory loss

Researchers reverse the cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Veterans find healing on the water

(AP) -- Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Scientists discover way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals

(Phys.org) -- NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of domoic acid, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Groupon restatement sparks more worries (Update)

(AP) -- Groupon's announcement that its revenue and earnings were lower than what it reported in February is sparking fresh worries about the young company's business model.

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing science with an artist's eye

For many, the words “scientific research” call to mind a collection of cartoonish clichés – white lab coats and goggles, microscopes and bubbling beakers. But research isn’t just a ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy

Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan show to feature Apple tablet challengers

Computer manufacturers of all sizes and descriptions have been pushing to get a piece of the ever-expanding tablet market created by the launch of Apple's iPad in April 2010.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's not over when it's over: Storing sounds in the inner ear

Research shows that vibrations in the inner ear continue even after a sound has ended, perhaps serving as a kind of mechanical memory of recent sounds. In addition to contributing to the understanding of the complex process ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Soldiers screened for potential vulnerability to tinnitus

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hearing loss is common for soldiers coming home from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, but another perhaps equally vexing problem is a condition that causes them to hear sound that isn't ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Medical Minute: March is brain injury awareness month

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injuries are disruptions or changes in the way the brain functions that occur due to a blow or jolt to the head or penetrating injuries. The severity can range ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giffords makes 'leaps and bounds' in recovery

(AP) -- She can talk, even saying short sentences. With some help, she can walk. She also knows that she was shot.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As competitors pop up, iPad keeps price advantage

(AP) -- The new iPad model hitting stores Friday comes with several improvements over the original version but the same price tag, hobbling efforts by rivals at breaking Apple Inc.'s hold on the emerging ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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