Articles tagged with: Stanford University
Study shows musical training may preserve memory and hearing as we age Musical training, even late in life, may slow hearing, memory loss and other age-related delays in neural timing, according to findings recently published in Neurobiology of Aging. PsychCentral reports: In the study, researchers in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory discovered that older musicians had a distinct […]
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An afternoon with bedheads and Deadheads Yes, it might seem like sleep researcher William Dement, MD, PhD, and the late Jerry Garcia would make very strange bedfellows. But, that wasn’t the case at a Stanford event on Saturday. There, they blended together – albeit, in a circular way – like a sweet dream in a deep sleep. More than 60 people with […]
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The end of iPS? Stanford scientists directly convert mouse skin cells to neural precursors I was excited last week to learn about the recent work of stem cell scientist Marius Wernig, MD, published today (direct link to come) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wernig directly converted mouse skin cells to neural precursor cells […]
Scientists turn skin cells into neural precursors, bypassing stem-cell stage Mouse skin cells can be converted directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding is an extension of a previous study by the same group showing that mouse and […]
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Either you’re a woman or you know one: Help spread the message of women’s heart health … Heart disease is the #1 killer of women. Experts from Stanford’s Women’s Heart Health Clinic urge all women to know their numbers, listen to their bodies, and spread awareness about women’s heart disease. … If you’re not a […]
Boosting willpower and breaking bad habits Raise your hand if you’re having trouble keeping your New Year’s resolution. Not to worry; you’re in good company. Recent data shows that four out of five people who vowed to reform bad habits will eventually break those promises. A third of this group will give up on their resolutions by […]
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Thanks, Jerry: Honoring pioneering Stanford sleep research As the writer who has long covered the sleep “beat” for our office, I’m quite familiar with Stanford’s rich history of sleep research. For those in need of some background: The Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the first center of its kind, was established in 1970 – by William Dement, MD, […]
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Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, but face-to-face talks could save the day, say Stanford researchers Too much screen time can be detrimental to girls 8 to 12 years old, but there is a surprisingly straightforward alternative for greater social wellness. When it comes to media use, the researchers’ guidance: […]
Big Tobacco led throat doctors to blow smoke Tobacco companies conducted a carefully crafted, decades-long campaign to manipulate throat doctors into helping to calm concerns among an increasingly worried public that smoking might be bad for their health, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine. Beginning in the 1920s, this campaign […]
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Health insurance no guarantee for diabetes care in developing countries, Stanford researchers find Without good health care, diabetics run the risk of developing more problems, such as blindness, heart disease and kidney failure. Stanford researchers warn that those complications will put a greater financial strain on the patients and the developing countries where they live […]
