International conference focuses on where and how memory is formed

The University of Haifa is hosting an international conference of leading brain researchers from around the world next week, where the participants will be attempting to answer the question of where and how memory is stored; or in less ordinary terms: "Cell and molecular mechanisms of memory formation".

BHI Urges People with Heart Disease to Get Their Hearing Checked During American Heart Month

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- People with heart disease should get their hearing checked because of the link between cardiovascular and hearing health, according to the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). Likewise, anyone with hearing loss should pay close attention to their...

Dr. Carol Bauer: Tinnitus is a troubling hearing condition described as ringing in the ears

An estimated 36 million Americans experience a chronic phantom sound in their ears, known as tinnitus. The sound is perceived either in the head or in the ears in the absence of any external source of sound.

How the cruise ship industry sails under the radar

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The very public dispute between Captain Francesco Schettino and the owners of his stricken vessel is a symptom of lax regulation and supervision that can only add to pressure for the cruise line industry to be subjected to closer scrutiny. The mudslinging over who decided the Costa Concordia should sail within 150 meters of the shoreline of an Italian island in a ...

Expert says 3800 buildings unsafe in quake

Thousands of unreinforced masonry building around the country need to come down, to prevent deaths in an earthquake, the Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has been told.