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- Genentech playing poker with Alzheimer
- Genentech playing poker with AlzheimerYour health articles push my buttons.It's not you. It's the subject. My knowledge of the health industry is only about 5% of what I know about Open Source. That doesn't mean I don't have opinions, well informed or not. We...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Alzheimer researchers contemplate the tau of plaques
- Alzheimer researchers contemplate the tau of plaquesI think alzheimers has been around much longer than people believeSo this "its here and getting worse" fear mongering isnt true. There are just more people now. The early baby boomers were reaching ages where people start to get affected. People...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
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- LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System
- Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Bluetooth-Enabled In-Home Patient Monitoring System: Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
- As the baby boom generation is aging, more and more people are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, early detection of which is shown to be vital and necessary for better medical treatments and prolonging life expectancies. This paper proposes a Bluetooth-enabled in-home patient monitoring system, facilitating early detection of Alzheimer's disease....
- White papers 2009-10-02
- Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app
- Yesterday I signed up for Intel's "Progress Through Processors" application on Facebook. Essentially, through a small local application that interfaces with GridRepublic and BOINC, as well as your Facebook account, the application enables your Mac or PC to donate spare processing power to a variety of research causes. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Amazon CEO apology: 'Stupid,' 'thoughtless' to remove e-books from Kindle readers
- Amazon CEO apology: 'Stupid,' 'thoughtless' to remove e-books from Kindle readersAnyone else think e-readers are a good idea?Whether amazon or anyone else, the ability to edit content remotely or to remove content outright should be disturbing.You can argue an e-textbook could benefit from on-the-fly edits and revisions, but it is...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- The coffee cure for memory loss
- The coffee cure for memory lossUnfortunately, these things tend to by cyclictoday's panacea is tomorrows thing to be avoided at all costs. Over my lifetime, I have seen at least 3 such reversals about coffee, and the caffeine that it contains.I also have evidence, though for you it might be...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- The coffee cure for memory loss
- Researchers at the Byrd Alzheimer's Center in Tampa have given mice bred with Alzheimer's the equivalent of five cups of coffee per day a long breakfast at the Chatterbox and found better memory and half the beta amyloid plaques implicated in the disease process compared with decaffeinated mice. by Dana...
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- What does a Palm Pre cost? Apparently, 1 Million Scoville Units.
- What does a Palm Pre cost? Apparently, 1 Million Scoville Units.Another reason to eat curryhttp://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42699/181/Curry could cure Alzheimer'sRE: What does a Palm Pre cost? Apparently, 1 Million Scoville Units.When are we going?...it's on me!At the cost of inducing colon or rectal cancerAt least with the former, I'll be able to...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- folding@home 6.24.1 (Mac)
- Folding@Home is a distributed computing project geared towards understanding how proteins self-assemble ("protein folding"), which is a holy grail of modern molecular biophysics. What makes it such a great challenge is its complexity, which renders simulations of folding extremely computationally demanding and difficult to understand. (See Scientific Background for more...
- Software downloads 2009-04-07
- News to know: Google antitrust; Bin Laden; Yelp Mafia; HP pay
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Garett Rogers: Will Google be targeted by new Attorney General for Antitrust? Sam Diaz: Where's Bin Laden? New theory,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Genentech playing poker with Alzheimer's?
- If the market buys into the importance of Genentech's Alzheimer's work, bidding the stock over the current $86/share Roche offer, the deal could be off. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Alzheimer’s is diabetes of the brain?
- Alzheimer’s is diabetes of the brain?ImplicationsIf insulin were well managed by diabetes medication, wouldn't that also prevent Alzheimer's?If insulin is checked to assure that people do not have diabetes, would that turn up a shortage of insulin indicative of a diabetes risk?If someone were to have sufficient insulin, would that...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- Alzheimer's is diabetes of the brain?
- Cells from the hippocampus treated with insulin and an anti-diabetes drug that promotes use of insulin became much less susceptible to damage from the amyloid beta plaques whose role is considered critical in development of Alzheimer's disease. Proper insulin regulation, in other words, keeps plaques from forming. by Dana...
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- News to know: AOL layoffs, SAP layoffs, Cox Cable, DTV bill, Dell
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Sam Diaz: AOL to layoff 700, consolidate groups Andrew Nusca: AOL lays off 700 due to ad meltdown...
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Will apple juice or coffee prevent Alzheimer's?
- A Scandinavian study says drinking coffee in mid-life can keep you from getting Alzheimer's later in life. The research showed those who drank 3-5 cups per day fared best. Then there's apple juice. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Ginkgo Biloba does not help either
- The Journal of the American Medical Association published results from a randomized test of ginkgo and found it does nothing to prevent either Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The silver bullet of preventive care
- The silver bullet of preventive careRethink it."It is chronic conditions, like diabetes, that are driving up your health insurance rates. Better compliance reduces those costs."No. It is poor personal choices and lifestyles, along with legal climate, that are ramping up costs! I'm not just surmising on this: ...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- Microsoft Live Mesh to bridge Windows and Mac
- Microsoft Live Mesh to bridge Windows and MacWhat are you talking about?[i] Hmmm, so Microsoft is breaking down walls between Windows and Mac. Interesting.[/i]Since when has Microsoft ever prevented Windows from being installed on the Mac? There has never been a wall between Windows and the Mac. Only one company...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
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