Washington, October 5 : Scientists have confirmed that events that happen during heightened states of emotion such as fear, anger and joy are far more memorable than less dramatic occurrences.

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Washington: The FDA may set up a “behind the counter” system letting more drugs, which presently need a recommendation to be sold without one.

In a perceive set to be released in today’s Federal Register, the agency declared a Nov. 14 hearing to explore "the public health benefit of drugs being available without a prescription but only after intervention by a pharmacist."

Washington, October 4 : Scientists have found that threat of punishment for social norm violations activates specific areas of brain’s prefrontal cortex.

The researchers say that the areas they have identified are known to be involved in control of decision-making related to fairness and evaluation of punishing stimuli.

Washington, Oct 4 : A team of researchers have found a biological link between the protein whose mutation triggers early-onset of Alzheimer’s, and a gene variant related to the late onset of the neuro-degenerative disease.

The team of researchers led by Guojun Bu believe that the discovery may lead to new approaches to treating the disease.