Older adults who used the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba for several years did not have a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to adults who received placebo, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. "Ginkgo biloba is marketed widely and used with the hope of improving, preventing, or delaying cognitive impairment associated with aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer ...

The Scientist Research News Update for early December brings about fairly complex research articles with cancer, HIV/AIDS, immunology, and genetic themes. Plus, read up on research that details how scientists revisit an older theory that advocates a role for the immune system in cancer detection and elimination, genetic mutations identified in bacteria occur in a few generations and facilitate adaptation, a ...

The Scientist Research News Update series was created to give our readers a sample of ongoing genetics and hardcore science research and trends, and today's 10-19-09 update certainly fills the bill. Read on to find out more about how late nights and irregular sleep might contribute to the onset of Alzheimer's, researchers translate complex genetic processes into music, small amounts of stress may actually p ...

The National Institutes of Health / Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) Research News Update for October 2009 details very interesting and, at times, cutting-edge research. For example, scientists have started to assemble the first Transcriptional Atlas of Human Brain Development, patterns of cerebral "neuronal avalanches" in may be related to mental illness, high tech robots may have helped find a new treatment compo ...

Busy week for the Science Daily Research News Update series. This week brings to you new research on how yoga contributes to mindful eating and a thin waistline, poor attention and memory associated with binge drinking, how our immune system may actually protect cancer cells early on, a new keyboard that will help persons with Autism communicate, how positive parenting can impact families for many generatio ...

The 8-24-09 edition highlights new research with an upcoming study on music's influence on children with Autism, caffeine and poor sleep in teens, an interesting link between Alzheimer's and PTSD, several new brain-related studies, an anti-depressant medication that may stimulant the brain's growth factors, aroma therapies that can reduce stress, the link between stress, depression and pediatric asthma, and ...

Check out today's Research News Update for the latest on the role of positive emotions and resilience, several new studies on Autism, including differences in how these persons learn new behaviors and the role of parental stress in their child's behaviors, brainmaps that can detect early mental illness, such as schizophrenia, psychological interventions may not prevent PTSD, the role of the immune system in ...

A brief but nonetheless interesting update for the 8-15-09 edition of The Scientist Research News Update. Check out the incredible report of how regenerative medicine induced a spinal cord to regrow sensory axons to their target destination, a new director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), gender differences in HIV/AIDS progression, the Avian flu and a link to Parkinson's disease, and how stresse ...

Researchers* assessed the 10 year (1995 to 2005) meat related eating habits of approximately 500,000 persons, aged 50-71, who lived in the United states, including consumption of red meat, white meat, and processed meat. Check the end of this report for a summary of the various types of meats included in this investigation and for a link to a free full-text PDF file of the original study. ...