In surprising new research, published in the journal Neuron, Julie Kauer and her team show that activation of TPRV1 receptors can trigger long-term depression, a phenomenon that creates lasting changes in the connections between neurons. These changes in the brain %26ndash; and the related process of neural reorganization known as long-term potentiation %26ndash; are believed [...]

General Motors Corp. says it will stop output at its truck plant in Oshawa on Monday if a strike at a parts maker in the United States doesn’t end soon.The auto giant said yesterday one U.S. truck assembly operation is already down and three similar operations, including one in Oshawa, would be idle after [...]

The Trois Valles, encompassing the resorts of Mribel, Courchevel, Val Thorens and five more, famously boasts the world’s largest ski area, with more than 600km of runs. But its reputation for food lags far behind. Most skiers make do with spaghetti bolognese, croque [...]

Sliding across a frozen lake in the Norwegian wilderness, the stars twinkling above you as a team of huskies pulls you onwards sounds lovely, wouldn’t you say? You might even think it sounds idyllic. Well, let me tell you: it was horrible. Here [...]

Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail.
That has the nation’s hospitals exploring innovative programs to prevent injury and infection: Hand-washing spies. Surgical sponges that sound an alarm if left in the body. Even a room sterilizer that promises to wipe out bacteria left lurking [...]

It read, my astutely sober editor told me after I tried to file it while all drugged-up and flat on my back, like I was “high.” I was.
And - work aside - glad of it.
Along with that chart in this paper, there was a story that was mostly about a few doctors who may have [...]

With deaths from falls increasing, the guidelines urge doctors to ask patients to ‘fess up.
Better would be to prevent even that first fall. Now scientists are testing simple wrist monitors that may one day be used to predict who is most likely to topple, by tracking how stable they are with each step on any [...]

That’s the provocative idea emerging from some recent studies, part of a broader area of new research that suggests some pollutants can cause harm that shows up only years after someone is exposed.
The new work suggests long-ago lead exposure can make an aging person’s brain work as if it’s five years older than it really [...]

Now, approaching dusk on Jeanna’s second day in the hospital, she lay in the intensive care unit, a breathing tube threaded through her nose to prevent her from choking on saliva. She was unresponsive.
The Gieses told Jeanna they loved her. They prayed. They told her to pray, too.
Mystified by their daughter’s illness, John, 44, and [...]