Archive for August, 2011

DATA MINING PATIENT RECORDS TO DISCOVER DISEASE LINKS QUICKLY

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

With any treatment of chronic disease, speed and precision are both essential. Danish scientists have created a new integrated data mining tool that extracts information from clinician’s notes and genetic info that can reveal links between health problems in a patient that would otherwise seem unrelated. The research report was published on August 25 in […]

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ACADEMIC SUCCESS: STRESS BOOSTS PERFORMANCE FOR CONFIDENT STUDENTS, LIMITS THE ANXIOUS

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Knowing how to deal with stress in the classroom and elsewhere can make a significant difference in performance, according to new research from the University of Chicago. Researchers found the cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress can enhance performance depending on the frame of mind of a student. Students can shange theor ourlooks […]

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SHERLOCK HOLMES TEACHES MINDFUL DECISION MAKING

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA, detective Sherlock Holmes instructs Watson on the difference between seeing and observing: “When I hear you give your reasons, ” I remarked, “the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your […]

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ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH ON NEW DRUG NITRO-MEMANTINE AND SPEEDING UP SERENDIPITY VIA INTERNET DATA-MINING

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

Memantine, one of the drugs presently used to treat Alzheimer’s disease is re-purposed, originally developed as an anti-influenza drug. It is a different kind of  Alzheimer’s treatment, used to protect the neurons from damage through its affect on Glutamate, a major neurotransmitter critical to communication between nerve cells in the brain. Researchers think that when […]

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CELEBREX ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CAUSES LIVER CANCER CELLS TO SELF DESTRUCT

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

Celebrex, a commonly used anti-inflmmatory drug causes liver cancer cells to die by reacting with a protein setting off a self destruction chain reaction within the cancer cells according to a new study. A unique data mining/ preditive model was employed before the researchers considered Celebrex, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is a Cox-2 inhibitor […]

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