Lead Paint Affects Child IQ - Children exposed to lead at levels now considered safe scored substantially lower on intelligence tests, according to researchers who suggest one in every 30 children in the United States suffers harmful effects from the metal. Researchers show that the premotor cortex and parietal cortex of the brain are involved in identifying with people other than ourselves. Degenerative Brain Diseases - Pharmacists can play an important role in educating women about the symptoms they may experience at midlife and the use of estrogen replacement therapy. More information here . Researchers are trying to explain our most sacred thoughts.
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No, according to a counter-intuitive report in the August 6 issue of Nature. Todd Horowitz and Jeremy Wolfe of Harvard Medical School find that people exhibit a kind of visual amnesia when doing these kinds of searches. The visual system remains locked into an eternal present, noting what it sees at any given moment but retaining no record of where it looked before or what it saw there. May Help Prevent Cognitive Decline in Some Elderly Women - The designer estrogen drug raloxifene does not affect the cognitive performance of most women, but it may help prevent decline among women older than 70 and women whose cognitive performance is declining regardless of age. To Recognizing Faces - A baby's view of faces in the first months of life may be key to his or her ability to recognize a face in adulthood, new research shows.