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Less-stressed people may have lower dementia riskupdated: Thu Jan 22 2009 10:00:00

People with a stable mood and better capacity to handle stressful situations without anxiety have a reduced risk of developing dementia, according to a study published this week in the journal Neurology.

FSB: Not sleeping well? Turn off your cell phoneupdated: Mon Aug 25 2008 10:51:00

Your phone may be keeping you awake - and not because it's ringing.

Time.com: Alzheimer's Vaccine Stopped Plaque, Not Dementiaupdated: Fri Jul 18 2008 14:00:00

Some doctors have long suspected that if the plaque that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease could be removed, they could be saved. But a new vaccine that did just that suggests the theory is wrong

Time.com: Many Not Told Spouse Is Terminally Illupdated: Wed Jul 09 2008 13:00:00

A new study suggests that 40% of people are never told their spouse has incurable cancer, or don't find out until just before their death

Time.com: What the Gay Brain Looks Likeupdated: Tue Jun 17 2008 20:00:00

Research shows that gay men's brains resemble those of straight women

Time.com: Scientists Share $1M Prizes for Researchupdated: Wed May 28 2008 11:00:00

Three prizes worth $1 million apiece were awarded Wednesday to seven scientists for their discoveries in neuroscience, astrophysics and the study of vanishingly small structures

Time.com: The Science of Out-of-Body Experiencesupdated: Thu Aug 23 2007 15:00:00

For the first time, scientists have created real out-of-body experiences in the lab. No drugs required.

This week in the medical journalsupdated: Thu Jan 12 2006 18:48:00

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Smell study nets Americans Nobelupdated: Mon Oct 04 2004 09:06:00

U.S scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine for work explaining how the human sense of smell works.

Fortune: MAYBE THE SWEDES ARE RIGHT updated: Mon Mar 08 1993 00:01:00

Anders Ahlbom is hardly a revolutionary. Sitting in his tidy, light-filled office at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute medical school, the researcher whose results are frightening a lot of people se...

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