Archive: 10/11/2014

Half of premature colorectal cancer deaths due to socioeconomic inequality

November 10, 2014 -Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic inequalities, and therefore could ...

Nov 10, 2014

Playing action video games can boost learning, new study reports

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally.

Nov 10, 2014

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Study shows marijuana's long-term effects on the brain

The effects of chronic marijuana use on the brain may depend on age of first use and duration of use, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Nov 10, 2014

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How cartilage cells sense forceful injury

We live with the same cartilage—the tissue that connects our joints—for a lifetime. And since we can't readily make new cartilage cells, we had better figure out how to keep what we have healthy.

Nov 10, 2014

Team finds novel approach to treating age-related macular degeneration

While oxygen is essential to our planet's life force and the way we function and stay healthy, high concentrations referred to as oxidative stress may very well be the cause of more than 70 widely-spread diseases such as ...

Nov 10, 2014