AACR.org – Drinking green tea could reduce the effect of cigarette smoking on lung cancer. Results of this hospital-based, randomized study conducted in Taiwan were presented at the 2010 AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer. “Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in Taiwan,” said I-Hsin Lin, M.S., a [...]

JAMA / Archives – Moderate physical exercise performed in midlife or later appears to be associated with a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment, whereas a six-month high-intensity aerobic exercise program may improve cognitive function in individuals who already have age-related cognitive decline, according to two reports in the January 20101 issue of Archives of Neurology. [...]

AFTAU.org – The music that preemies listen to doesn’t have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research finds that premature babies who are exposed to music by 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gain weight faster – and therefore become stronger – than those who don’t. A new study carried out by Dr. [...]

Forgot where you put your car keys? Having trouble recalling your colleague’s name? If so, this may be a symptom of subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), the earliest sign of cognitive decline marked by situations such as when a person recognizes they can’t remember a name like they used to or where they recently placed important [...]

Uni-Heidelberg.de – While no one is yet advocating deep brain pacemakers for the treatment of depression, this recent clinical finding is interesting for anyone concerned with the suffering caused by depression. A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have for the first time successfully [...]

UMich.edu – Just one more pound of body weight may help a newborn avoid tuberculosis later in life, especially for baby boys. Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at how much protection additional birth weight added against developing the disease years later. They found that every 1.1 pounds of birth weight decreases the risk [...]