Healthy Brain Connections Keep Us Smart In Old Age
Maintaining healthy nerve connections among distant brain areas may help keep us smart in old age, according to new research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry this week. This brain wiring or white matter comprises billions of nerve fibers that carry signals around the various parts of the brain, and its condition affects our intelligence, for instance by influencing processing speed, conclude University of Edinburgh researchers in a study funded by the charity Age UK... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Sponsor Message:/i/b Have a look at a href=http://www.thepsychologydaily.comThe Psychology Daily/a, the new psychology portal powered by MedWorm, with all the latest psychology news and research updated daily./p/div

Spiriva Equally Effective As Serevent
Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva mdash; a drug approved for emphysema and chronic lung conditions mdash; was shown to be just as effective as GlaxoSmithKline’s asthma drug Serevent and more effective than a double dose of inhaled steroids, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: Health Facts and Fears)