Simple steps to a healthy and happy retirement
Lexington Clipper-Herald Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:20 AM PDT
(ARA) - Retired 80-year-olds can often have double the social interaction of their 50-year-old counterparts. This supports research that happiness increases with age because social interaction stimulates your brain to release "feel good" chemicals like norepinephrine, which leads to contentment. |
Co-workers support family in need
Northwest Herald Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:36 AM PDT
McHENRY รข€" Brittani Navarre-Shoemaker was coping with the intractable seizure disorder. She was living with the cystic fibrosis. And the hydrocephalus, or swelling of the brain, was manageable. |
Learning the mechanics of memory through the fears of a fruit fly
San Diego Union-Tribune Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:26 AM PDT
As part of a project to understand how the brain learns, biologists have written memories into the cells of a fruit fly's brain, making it think it had a terrible experience. The memory trace was written by shining light into the fly's brain and activating a special class of cells involved in learning how to avoid an electric shock. |
Goodell defends NFL to Congress about concussions
San Diego Union-Tribune Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:05 AM PDT
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday. |
'You Gotta Believe'
Burlington County Times Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:56 PM PDT
A Tabernacle woman who lost her husband to brain cancer will run today in the NYC Marathon to raise funds for the Tug McGraw Foundation. |
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