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 Winship Cancer Institute |
Winship Cancer Institute Achieves National Cancer Institute Designation As the first medical center in Georgia to win the coveted NCI designation, Emory's Winship Cancer Institute will offer patients access to more clinical trials and will receive additional funding to grow research, which is the core of a designated cancer center's activities. Read and listen. . . |
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 Stuart Zola, PhD |
Sound Science: Diagnosing Memory Loss Listen to Sound Science as Stuart Zola describes a new method of diagnosing memory loss using a simple test that tracks eye movement. Known as a preferential looking task, the test was first developed in non-human primates. It may help clinicians more accurately distinguish between normal cognition and memory impairment. Read and listen. . . |
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 Arshed Quyyumi, MD |
Infused Bone Marrow Stem Cells Increase Circulation in Heart Heart attack patients treated with stem cells taken from their own bone marrow had increased circulation within the heart in a recent clinical study. The new treatment could potentially reduce long-term complications after severe heart attack. Read more. . . |
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 Cysteine oxidation is a
biomarker for inflammation |
Biomarker Points to Dietary Changes Needed to Reduce Age-Related and Chronic Disease Oxidized cysteine is a biomarker for the oxidative stress that goes hand in hand with inflammation -- a factor behind multiple age-related and chronic diseases. By targeting oxidized cysteine with dietary antioxidants, researchers believe they may be able to decrease inflammatory signals and alter the course of several diseases. Read more. . . |
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 Greg Berns, MD, PhD |
Financial Advice Causes the Brain to Off-Load Risky Decision Making If you get financial advice from others, your brain may shut down its own decision-making ability, causing you to "off-load" the responsibility for evaluating risk. A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows the differences in brain activity when someone makes a choice either aided or unaided by advice. Read more. . . |
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