A Japanese study published this week in the American medical journal The Lancet shows that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) without rescue breathing — also known as “kiss of life” – provides better chances of survival and prevents brain damage in victims…
Woh! Not so fast you Mine Sweeper Freaks! This only applies to first person shooters like HALO, Gears of War and other titles where you actually pull the trigger…
People who started out as non-gamers and then
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Garments that can monitor the heart rate, skin temperature, posture, and other physiological parameters have been unveiled at CeBIT, the annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology in Hannover, Germany. This “smart fabric” is manufactured by Zephyr, a…
A study released by the Journal Of The American Medical Association shows that about 20% of the patients treated for acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack, report having financial barriers to health care services and are more likely…
Many diseases — such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s to name but two — are the result of a misfolding of proteins which affects their normal functions. Sony and Stanford University have agreed on a collaboration, called Folding@home, in which…
After the recent discovery of two DNA markers responsible for autism, the Autism Genome Project has announced that the international research to pinpoint the genetic origin of the condition will carry on to identify…
A woman who had suffered hypoxia (oxygen-deprivation of the brain) during a suicide attempt by hanging was left unable to speak, eat, or move without external help. After two years of this condition, she was given sleeping tablets (zolpidem…
Thanks to Austria’s Guger Technologies (g.tec), the future computer user will not have to rely on a keyboard and a mouse to use a computer. The new Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) pushes even further the limits of computing — much…
Whereas most conditions can be detected and quantified relatively easily, depression is much harder to diagnose and assess. As the disease has been linked to an area of the brain that plays a role in spatial memory, neurologists have envisaged…
Before falling into a coma or losing all decision-making abilities, very few people sign what is known as an “advance directive”, which specifies what type of medical care they would prefer. Doctors must then rely on the decision that relatives…
An Australian team of neurobiologists have discovered that the rhythmic action of tooth-brushing can trigger seizures in epilepsy sufferers. This unusual observation will allow a better understanding of this condition and constitutes a progress towards more effective treatments.
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A recent study has revealed that bipolar disorder — formerly known as manic depression — and the thoughts of suicide that accompany this condition “run in the family”. A DNA marker has been identified as a potential target for future…
