http://www.lifesciencelog.com/ en-us Weekly life sciences news headlines New research suggests exercising your brain can keep you sharper for longer into old age, but when the symptoms of dementia finally settle in, the decline happens faster. http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster258280380/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:16:11 EST 258280380 In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster260253540/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:16:06 EST 260253540 A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster257481720/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:16:09 EST 257481720 A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster258400440/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:35 EST 258400440 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard according to scientists from The University of Nottingham. http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster260091720/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:16:08 EST 260091720 Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks. Stressors ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster259298280/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:46:01 EST 259298280 The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster260337060/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:46:04 EST 260337060 In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster260310960/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:46:08 EST 260310960 (PhysOrg.com) -- Promising work by Joanna Wysocka, PhD, has been thrown into an uncertain limbo by a recent injunction suspending federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster253185660/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:16:19 EST 253185660 Children and teens with higher blood levels of chemicals used in the production of non-stick cookware and waterproof fabrics appear more likely to have elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels, ... http://www.lifesciencelog.com/cluster260274420/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:46:09 EST 260274420