Laughing patterns reveal gender differences and lefty memory edge
Psychologist Jo-Anne Bachorowski catalogs over 1000 laughter sounds noting men grunt more while women vocalize more prettily. Left-handed people show distinct memory profiles with better episodic memory for events but weaker implicit memory, per a Neuropsychology study of 180 right handers with lefty relatives.
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Vanderbilt University
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Neuropsychology
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Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Migraines haunt doctors who treat them in a revealing survey
A survey of 576 headache specialists finds migraine rates of 60 to 70 percent among these doctors, far higher than the general 10 percent. Neurologists who study headaches are often patients themselves, illustrating how the condition defies simple tests and remains misdiagnosed and mistreated.
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Los Angeles
O’carroll
Newport Beach
Calif
David Kudrow
Kudrow
California Medical Clinic
Santa Monica
Julius Caesar
Virginia Woolfe
Mary Todd Lincoln
Elvis Presley
Randolph Evans
Houston
Los Angeles Times
Don Kelsen
Philip O’carroll
Migraine Facts: Causes Phases and Treatments
Migraines affect about 30 million Americans, with three of four sufferers being women. The article outlines phases prodrome aura migraine and resolution, plus treatments including triptans corticosteroids ergot drugs narcotics and drug combinations and preventive drugs such as beta blockers antidepressants anti seizure meds and MAO inhibitors.
Alicethenics A Personal Mission After Breast Surgery
After breast cancer and surgery, Alice Saland created Alicethenics a movement and strength program for recovery. The nationally distributed videotape guides gentle chair and mat exercises to ease stiffness boost lymph flow and aid healing. Saland seeks wider adoption by surgeons and offers contact details and pricing for the Freedom of Movement tape.
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Frank Lawlis
Saland
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AstraZeneca
Alice Saland
Alicethenics
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