Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate. 

Stephen Macknik, PhD, director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology; Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD, director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience; Xoana G. Troncoso, PhD; and Jorge Otero-Millan; conducted a study based on the Enigma painting, a visual illusion in which rotational motion is seen within a stationary image. The artwork has been at the center of a debate over whether the brain or the eye is behind the perception of illusory motion. 

POOLE, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a candid interview conducted for Zeta's recently launched blog, Google UK's Communications Public Affairs Manager, Anthony House, explains how the Incognito 'porn mode' can make browsing safer and easier.

Google Chrome is designed to give people a fast, safe, and stable browsing experience, explains House: We wanted to make the user interface very clean, we wanted to make it intuitive to use. Whatever powerful computer science is going on behind the scenes, we wanted it to be straightforward for people to use.

LYON, France, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Logitech co-founder, Daniel Borel was awarded the Entrepreneur for the World 2008 Prize at the First World Entrepreneurship Forum, November 13-15, 2008 which took place in Evian, France. The Award was presented to him by Jean-Luc Decornoy, President of KPMG SA and Patrick Molle, President of EMLYON Business School in recognition for the values of boldness, creativity, commitment, persistence, success and social commitment. More than 300 Forum members, press and invitees attended the Gala Awards Evening on November 14, 2008.

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HAIFA, Israel, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sharp Growth in Sales and Considerable Improvement in Profit and Margins; Cash Flow Doubled; Earnings per Share Grew By 70%

Gefitinib, also known as Iressa, the once-promising targeted therapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, has proven as effective as chemotherapy as a second-line therapy for the disease with far fewer side effects, according to an international Phase III clinical trial, led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

However, in contrast to earlier Iressa findings, the study showed that there was no additional survival benefit for patients who expressed an elevated level of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation.

A team of researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) has found that lactic acid is an important energy source for tumor cells. In further experiments, they discovered a new way to destroy the most hard-to-kill, dangerous tumor cells by preventing them from delivering lactic acid. 

BASEL, Switzerland, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Authors Conclude Such Savings may Allow Healthcare Resources to be Reallocated to Other Aspects of Patient Management

Switching dialysis patients to once-monthly Mircera(R) from older, more frequently dosed erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) could reduce time spent by nurses administering anaemia drugs in dialysis clinics by approximately 80%. This is valuable time that could be used by staff to focus on other important aspects of patient care. These and other key findings from a study investigating the practicalities of ESA use have just been published in Blood Purification(1). (http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=BackIssuesJGPro... )

LONDON, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- New research commissioned by dental payment plan provider, Denplan, has revealed that we prioritise the health of our pets above our own healthcare.

The survey shows that while only 11 per cent of UK pet owners would stop paying for their pet insurance if the credit crunch affected their wallet, more than double that number (23 per cent) would stop paying for their own private healthcare.

The survey also revealed that 19 per cent of people would stop their private dental plan payments, should they start to feel the pinch. And 58 per cent would cancel their gym membership.

A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. The findings, published in Psychology and Health, were based on data drawn from participants who spanned numerous religious denominations.