NEW YORK: Researchers were able to repair damaged mouse neurons by grafting them, a feat that could inspire the research against neuro-degenerative diseases.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Montessori teaching methods are usually associated with children, but several skilled nursing homes are now introducing Montessori-based activities for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.

The new approach has seen one skilled nursing home significantly improve patient health, reduce anti-psychotic and sedation medication and remove Read More »

AUSTIN: The Cancer Society has commissioned geneticists to assess the genes of some of the country’s healthiest people.

The research subjects have all reached at least the age of 85 without developing cancer, heart disease, major lung ailments, stroke, diabetes or dementia.

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PITTSBURGH: New research suggests that amphibians — already the most threatened vertebrate group in the world — are even more likely to contract a disease because of stress.

Researchers found that frogs, salamanders and their kin, which are seen as indicators of environmental conditions, are Read More »