Data Gathering In Behavioral Studies By Computer-Based Video Analysis
For decades, carefully logging data about how mice go through the motions of their daily routines has been a tedious staple of behavioral and neuroscience research: Hour 2, minute 27: mouse 4 is sleeping; Hour 3, minute 12: mouse 7 is eating; and so on. It's a task most people would happily cede to automation. Now, says Thomas Serre, assistant professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences at Brown University, that's finally possible. In a paper to be published online Sept... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Colon Cancer Outcomes Unaffected By Multivitamin Use
Patients with colon cancer who used multivitamins during and after being treated with post-surgical chemotherapy did not reduce the risk of the cancer returning or their dying from it, according to researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In a study of patients with stage III colon cancer - characterized as cancer in the large bowel area with some cancer cells in a few nearby lymph nodes - the researchers found that while multivitamin use had no beneficial effect on patients' outcomes, it also did not have a detrimental effect... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
