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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which manifests itself in disturbing flashbacks, nightmares, paranoid behavior, and expressions of anger and hostility, had been medically diagnosed by empirical methods and by, essentially, ruling everything else out.  Until now.

This is an ad for a blood pressure medication, not one for an erectile dysfunction drug. Lowering one’s blood pressure can help to reduce the risk of heart attack during sexual activity, but what about lowering one’s risk of dementia? Researchers from Boston University looked into this relationship.

Speculation is circulating from reputable sources such as Mashable  that the New York Times is contemplating charging for content. While legacy newspapers have struggled to develop new business models to address dwindling subscriptions and ad revenue, it’s apparent that a metered system is on the table for consideration.

Soon you will be able to find a “mother’s milk” cocktail called Souvenaid® on your drug store or supermarket shelves. And why would you drink it? To improve your memory, of course!

Though they are not exactly hit men, certain enzymes in fat cells have been found aiding and abetting the spread of the most aggressive cancer cells.  The guilty enzymes are the monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) enzymes, which put cancer cells into overdrive when they come in contact.

If breast milk is the best food for babies, it should also be good for your hair.

Sometimes, it’s tough to be the messenger, but in the interest of your considerably valued well-being, I feel I have to share the results of this study…

If mice could use cell phones they would never get Alzheimer’s disease, new findings from the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) reveal.  But don’t laugh yet: more studies like this could result in non-intervention, non-drug treatments to reverse Alzheimer’s disease and even prevent it from ever developing.

I saw the story’s headline this morning on Reuters.com: ” Limits to antidepressants’ effectiveness ,” but as I read beyond the headline, I learned that the effects of only two antidepressant medications (the generic versions of Paxil and Tofranil) were studied in the research purportedly demonstrating that all or most antidepressants have little effect on mild to moderately depressed persons.

Less than a month ago, at the 2009 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), researchers from Stanford University presented their solution for a retinal implant that has the potential to restore vision in those who lose sight due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and certain other retinal disorders.