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Sloat - Hetherington Updated: Fri, May 18, 2012 Steve and Nancy Hetherington of Edmond and Joe and Julie Sloat of Saegertown, Pa. are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Drew Steven Hetherington and Lisa Jo Sloat. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Saegertown High School and Metropolitan College of Denver with a BA in Behavioral Science and a... Read More
Keep your mental edge as you age Published: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 If you’ve ever walked into a room to look for something but forgot what you were looking for, you’re familiar with the feelings of forgetfulness and frustration. Unless you take immediate action, these feelings may worsen each year. There are easy lifestyle choices you can make every day to sustain your... Read More
Further defining addiction Published: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 The national buzz last week was the doctors' opinion that addiction is all about screwed-up wiring in the brain. Here is the American Society of Addiction Medicine's new definition of addiction: "Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Addiction affects... Read More
Treating addiction seen as long-term endeavor Published: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 “Addiction is about a lot more than people behaving badly,” said Dr. Michael M. Miller, of the American Society for Addiction Medicine. Read More
Study shows people in love feel less pain Updated: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love." It's been more than 2,500 years since the Greek playwright Sophocles wrote those words, but scientists have now proved that being in love can actually reduce pain. And they've also shown why. Love may tap into some of our oldest brain... Read More
Study ties brain structure size to socializing Published: Sun, Dec 26, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — Do you spend time with a lot of friends? That might mean a particular part of your brain is larger than usual. It's the amygdala, which lies deep inside. Brain scans of 58 volunteers in a preliminary study indicated that the bigger the amygdala, the more friends and family the volunteers... Read More
Why getting messy is good Updated: Wed, Oct 27, 2010 Playing outside and getting messy may just seem like fun to kids, but playtime actually has an important role in child development. Research shows that various types of play and parental interaction are vital to the healthy development of children. That’s why award-winning child care author of “The... Read More
Napping boosts brain power Published: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 Sleeping on the job is generally frowned upon, but new research suggests that a nap may boost work performance and productivity. A midday snooze doesn't just recharge your body, it also refreshes your brain. Researchers at the University of California Berkeley recently reported that napping can significantly... Read More
PLACES: Oklahoma City Council chamber at City Hall Updated: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 If city governments had brains, this would be Oklahoma City’s pulsating cerebral cortex. That’s not to say the city is brainless, per se, what with thousands of employees working for dozens of mission-specific departments. But if the city was a mammal, employees and departments would be more akin to blood... Read More
Keep eating carbohydrates. Updated: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 You may have noticed that people on very low-carb diets tend to get a little cranky. Researchers at Tufts University have found that low-carb dieters perform pooly on memory and cognition tests. Their reaction times are also slower than those of people on other types of diets. The scientists believe these... Read More
Why drugs cause brain damage Updated: Tue, Feb 17, 2009 Do you remember that television commercial that showed an egg cracked into a hot skillet with the message “This is your brain on drugs?” The egg represented a brain frying from drugs. While drugs don’t literally turn grey matter sunny side up, they can lead to lasting brain damage and disease, while also... Read More
Brain imaging and mental health Updated: Tue, Feb 17, 2009 TULSA — Doctors can diagnose a spinal cord injury with an MRI. X-rays show where someone has broken a bone. For psychiatrists, however, patients’ brains have largely been mysterious, off limits. They knew what was happening chemically but couldn’t see it the way oncologists can distinguish tumor cells... Read More
The mind-body connection Published: Sun, May 25, 2008 What is the mind-body connection in mental health? Some suggest that Decartes’ famous statement “I think therefore I am” could be the beginning of a philosophical view of our bodies as separate from our minds but many psychologists disagree with that idea. Read More
What is stress, anyway? Published: Thu, May 8, 2008 Nathan Prabhu Casady School Freshman Teens deal with stress from a variety of sources, such as school, work, family and friends. But not all stress is bad. “Stress is defined as anything that causes a prolonged heightened arousal, which is mediated by the autonomic nervous system,” said Jim Scott,... Read More
New vaccine fights Alzheimer's disease Updated: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 WASHINGTON - An experimental vaccine is showing promise against Alzheimer's disease, reducing brain deposits that are blamed for the disorder. The deposits have been cut by between 15.5 percent and 38.5 percent in mice, with no major side effects, researchers said Monday in the online edition of Proceedings of the... Read More
Martin Bionics gets patent Updated: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 Oklahoma City-based Martin Bionics has been awarded a patent for computer-controlled ankle technology, officials said Monday. The prosthetic ankle technology was developed though a $573,000 research grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, the company said in a news release.... Read More
Brain drain Updated: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 RESEARCH -- You're determined to lose 10 pounds. You start a diet with a strict regimen that forbids many of your favorite foods. The problem is that you're thinking about food all the time and not much else. Allure magazine says researchers at Flinders University in Australia studied 64 women, half of whom... Read More
Chiropractor plans tournament to aid brain injury patient Updated: Thu, May 11, 2006 CHOCTAW - When Annie Pettigrew learned about the danger of small children drowning in toilets, she installed latches on her home's bathroom doors to keep her daughter Isabelle safe. Pettigrew said despite her zealous precautions, the 2-year-old nearly drowned in her home's most obvious hazard -- the backyard... Read More
Tongue devices may help warriors of the future Updated: Tue, Apr 25, 2006 PENSACOLA, Fla. - In their quest to create the super warrior of the future, some military researchers aren't focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They're looking at tongues. By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, they hope to give elite... Read More
A Healthy You: Sharpen your thinking -- take a walk Updated: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 Last week, I said that if by age 45 you begin walking briskly three hours a week, you will add six years to your life. So a habit of walking is good for your body. Today: Walking is good for your brain. First, walking can boost your mood. Hippocrates advised melancholy Greeks to walk. Modern science supports his... Read More
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