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LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE A bright light shone onto the back of the
knee is capable of resetting the body's clock. Cornell
University researchers intend to make a device to cure jet lag
and winter depression.
BETTER THAN NATURE Canadian doctors have succeeded in growing
blood vessels for transplant surgery from tiny amounts of a
patient's own tissue. The cultured vessels turn out to be up to
twenty times stronger than natural ones.
NOW HEAR THIS The area in the temporal lobe of the brain
responsible for tinnitus, constant ringing or roaring in the
ears, has been identified by researchers at the State University
of New York.
Sources: Science; Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology Journal; Neurology
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BORN UNHAPPY Children inherit not only physical attributes from
their parents, but also mental traits. Researchers in Wales
found a major genetic component in suicide and other types of
self-harm.
COD LIVER SPOILED That much-loved nannies' cure-all, cod liver
oil, has been found in Britain to contain "relatively high
concentrations" of dangerous chemicals picked up by fish
swimming in polluted waters and stored in their livers.
FEELING WORSE Patients receiving glucocorticoid steroids may
suffer depression. Research in Cambridge shows 20% of patients
on high doses of the drug report psychiatric disorders.
Sources: Cardiff Depression Study; The Food Commission; British
Medical Journal
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