A few snippets from this week's health news :
- Enhanced Environment Restores Memory in Mice with Neurodegeneration A new study has found that placing mice in an enriched environment can reinstate learning behavior and reestablish access to long-term memories after significant brain atrophy and neuronal loss has occurred.
- Humans Aren't The Only Ones With Obesity Problems "There is a striking parallelism between humans and horses when it comes to obesity," said Philip Johnson, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Scientists Unravel Clue In Cortisol Production Given the variety of its effects,understanding how cortisol is made is essential to producing medications that can alter its production.
- Ceiling Height Can Affect How A Person Thinks, Feels And Acts "When a person is in a space with a 10-foot ceiling, they will tend to think more freely, more abstractly," said Meyers-Levy. "They might process more abstract connections between objects in a room, whereas a person in a room with an 8-foot ceiling will be more likely to focus on specifics."
- Alcoholics Should Avoid Excessive Physical And Psychological Stress During Early Abstinence New findings of alterations in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol secretion in alcoholic patients, which reflect changes in the HPA axis, prompt recommendations that alcoholics avoid excessive stress - both physical and psychological - during early abstinence.
A few snippets from this week’s health news :
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