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Langsamer, aber leistungsfähiger

By Guest PostJanuary 24, 2014Healthcomputer, computermodell, cyrus shaoul, das menschliche gehirn, erfahrung, erwachsen, gehirnfunktionen, harald baayen, joi ito, knallbonbon, langsamer, leistungsfaehiger, michael ramscar, peter hendrix, suchdauer, tuebinger psychologe

Tübinger Sprachwissenschaftler simulierten die menschliche Gedächtnisleistung in zunehmendem Alter

Was geschieht mit unseren geistigen Fähigkeiten, wenn wir älter werden? Meist wird angenommen, dass die Gehirnfunktionen stetig abnehmen. Der Sprachwissenschaftler Dr. Michael Ramscar von der Universität Tübingen hat diese Annahme gemeinsam mit Kollegen überprüft und kam zu einem anderen Schluss: „Das menschliche Gehirn arbeitet im Alter zwar langsamer, aber nur, weil es im Laufe der Zeit mehr Wissen gespeichert hat.“

Die Tübinger Wissenschaftler erstellten Computermodelle, die menschliches Verhalten in Tests zur kognitiven Fähigkeit vorhersagen und auswerten können. Speisten sie nur wenige Datensätze in den Computer ein, ähnelte seine Leistung der von Jugendlichen. Benutzten sie jedoch sehr große Datensätze, um die Erfahrung eines ganzen Lebens zu simulieren, war die Leistung des Computers der eines Erwachsenen vergleichbar. Der Grund für diesen Unterschied war nicht, dass die Leistungsfähigkeit des Computers nachgelassen hatte. Er wurde langsamer, weil er mehr Informationen verarbeiten musste. (more…)

How do we feel pain?

By Guest PostJanuary 24, 2014Healthdose of cannabinoids, hyperalgesia, nerve fibers, pain fibers, pain hypersensitivity, side effects, spinal cord

One day Donald Simone, then a psychology major at Northeastern University, was thumbing through the job listings for work-study students. (more…)

Neuer Greenpeace-Einkaufsratgeber für Speisefisch

By Guest PostJanuary 23, 2014Environment, Healthamerikanischen, aquakultur, cora gebel, die politik, europaeischen hummer, fisch, greenpeace einkaufsratgeber, greenpeace studie, iris menn, meeresexpertin von greenpeace, oekosystem, speisefisch

Greenpeace veröffentlicht heute seinen aktuellen Fischratgeber. Dieser gibt Verbrauchern die notwendigen Informationen für einen nachhaltigen Fischeinkauf. Die Devise des Ratgebers lautet: Weniger Fisch ist mehr. Verbraucher sollten seltener und bewusster Fisch essen. Und wenn, dann zu Fisch aus ökologisch nachhaltigen Fischereien und Aquakulturen greifen. (more…)

Research Resilience: Disappointing Alzheimer’s trial yields new ideas

By Guest PostJanuary 23, 2014Healthantibody drugs, bapineuzumab, cognitive decline, dementia patients

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine documents the high-profile failure of a promising drug, bapineuzumab, to slow cognitive decline in dementia patients. Dr. Stephen Salloway, the study’s lead author, says researchers have learned key lessons that they are eager to apply in new attempts to find effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)

Enjoying life helps to keep you healthy

By Guest PostJanuary 22, 2014Healthdaily activities, enjoy life, enjoyment of life, faster walking speeds, healthy lifestyles, physical function

People who enjoy life maintain better physical function in their daily activities and keep up faster walking speeds as they age, compared with people who enjoy life less, according to a new study led by Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). (more…)

Clever chemistry and a new class of antibiotics

By Guest PostJanuary 22, 2014Health, Scienceacyldepsipeptides, adeps, antibacterial drug, antibiotics, attack bacteria, bacterial infection, barrel shaped protein, brown university, cell membrane, clever chemistry, clpp, dangerous bacteria, e faecalis, intramolecular hydrogen bonds, jason sello, karl schmitz, mice, MIT, molecules, new class, potent, rat, resistance to antibiotics, robert sauer, strong bonds, stronger hydrogen bonds

A new class of molecules called acyldepsipeptides — ADEPs — may provide a new way to attack bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics. Researchers at Brown and MIT have discovered a way to increase the potency of ADEPs by up to 1,200 times. Their findings appear in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As concerns about bacterial resistance to antibiotics grow, researchers are racing to find new kinds of drugs to replace ones that are no longer effective. One promising new class of molecules called acyldepsipeptides — ADEPs — kills bacteria in a way that no marketed antibacterial drug does — by altering the pathway through which cells rid themselves of harmful proteins. (more…)

Scandalous bodies and our relationship with food

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2014Culture, Healthalcohol consumption, attitude, body shape, corinna wagner, extravagant lifestyle, georgian period, goddesses of health, government, honest british, king george, late georgian england, medicine, mid victorian period, model, modern day phenomenon, monarchy, mulligatawny soup, obesity, over indulgence, pathological bodies, persian delicacies, physical perfection, political culture, self control, self discipline, the english malady, thomas king chambers, university of exeter, victorian, vitriolic public condemnation

Attitudes toward over-indulgence, obesity and body shape were being hotly debated and used for political purposes as early as the 19^th century, a new book claims. ‘Pathological Bodies’, by Dr Corinna Wagner from the University of Exeter, shows that body consciousness is not just a modern-day phenomenon.

Instead, medical warning about excessive eating and drinking, and public attitudes about self-control and discipline emerged more than 250 years ago, when the perceived decadence of the Georgian period gave way to the more moderate and austere approach adopted by the Victorians. (more…)

Data suggest new class of drug may be potent against genital herpes

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2014Healthacyclovir, amalia magaret, americans, anal region, anna wald, blood, christine johnston, data, drug, drug resistance, famciclovir, famvir, genital area, genital herpes, genital hsv2 infection, genital lesions, herpes simplex virus, hsv 2, hsv dna polymerase, lawrence corey, lips, meei li huang, monkey, new class, pain, pritelivir, signs, skin abnormality, sore, stacy selke, toxicology study, valacyclovir, valtrex, viral enzyme, zovirax

A new drug, called pritelivir, may offer a new treatment option for patients with genital herpes, a new industry-sponsored – study led by University of Washington researchers has found.

The study appears in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The lead author is Anna Wald, M.D., professor of medicine, epidemiology, and laboratory medicine, and medical director at the Virology Research Clinic at the University of Washington. Other UW coauthors include Dr. Amalia Magaret, Dr. Christine Johnston, Dr. Lawrence Corey, Dr. Meei-Li Huang and Stacy Selke. (more…)

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