Producing better wine by taking the stress off yeastSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Times can be stressful for yeast when grape juice is being turned into wine. Now, a researcher from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress.
Early life nurturing influences social behaviors in adulthoodSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study, conducted by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, has shown that early life nurturing impacts later life relationships. The researchers used prairie voles as a model to understand the neurochemistry of social behavior.
Money matters: Researchers find tiny amounts of cocaine on 90 percent of US paper moneyAugust 18th, 2009 Study finds tiny traces of cocaine on US dollarsWASHINGTON — Chances are there's cocaine in your wallet. Researchers looked at 234 bank notes from 17 cities in the U.S.
Most US bank notes carry whiff of cocaineAugust 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - You may be carrying a whiff of cocaine in your wallet, purse or pocket if you have US bank notes. In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in bank notes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of US bank notes.
90 percent of US paper money contains traces of cocaineAugust 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new analysis, scientists have found traces of cocaine in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. This is the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes.
Social stress 'a significant precursor to heart disease'August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Social stress could be a significant precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful build-up of plaque in blood vessels, says a new study. The study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine appears as the cover story of the current issue of Obesity, the peer-reviewed journal of the Obesity Society.
Short stressful events can enhance working memoryJuly 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Acute stress resulting from short stressful incidents can actually enhance learning and memory, says researchers at the University at Buffalo. In trials on rodents, the researchers have shown that acute stress can produce a beneficial effect on learning and memory, through the effect of the stress hormone corticosterone (cortisol in humans) on the brain's prefrontal cortex- a key region that controls learning and emotion.
Sessions cracks up hearing with 'crack cocaine' misstatementJuly 16th, 2009 Sessions to do that 'crack cocaine' thing?WASHINGTON — It's pretty certain that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., didn't mean what he said.
Sessions cracks up Sotomayor hearing with 'crack cocaine' misstatementJuly 16th, 2009 Sessions' 'crack cocaine' comment cracks up crowdWASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' comment on crack cocaine cracked up the crowd.
Scientists find novel way of boosting newborns' immune responsesJune 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Newborns have immature immune system which makes them highly vulnerable to infections. Now, researchers from Children's Hospital Boston claim to have found a novel way to enhance innate immunity that would help keep respiratory syncytial virus, pneumococcus and rotavirus at bay.
How cocaine-linked genes enhance behavioural effects of addictionMay 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shed light on how cocaine-linked genes enhance behavioural effects of addiction - a find that will lead to new strategies for battling the habit. The research team led by Dr Eric J.
Environmental enrichment boosts wound healing in ratsMay 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Improving rearing environment of rats can significantly strengthen their physiological process of wound healing, a new study has found. In the study, researchers from the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Shriners Burns Hospital found that giving rats living in isolation the opportunity to build nests led to faster and more complete healing of burn injuries than was seen in isolation-reared rats without nest-building materials.
India among top 10 countries where social stress has increased dating violenceMay 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India is among the top 10 countries that have highest levels of social stress, which has a direct link to increased dating violence, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. The research led by Murray Straus, co-director of the UNH Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology, is based on a 32-nation study.
Women 'handle stress better than men'April 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It might not come as a surprise to most wives, mothers and female workers, but a new study has found that women cope better under strain than men. What's more, people of either sex with certain genetic advantages handle stress nicely.
Kerry Katona 'snorts cocaine every day to deal with marriage failure pain'March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Kerry Katona has turned to drugs to blot out the pain of her failing marriage to Mark Croft, it has emerged. According to a pal, the former Atomic Kitten star is snorting life-threatening mounds of cocaine everyday, reports the News of the World.
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