Facebook app offers opportunity to help unpaid Alzheimer’s caregivers via friendsourcing
Credit: IU School of Social Work INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at IUPUI have developed a Facebook app that, a study shows,...
For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed
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University of Michigan professor, graduate work together to empower Sudanese women
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Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from Florida State University, investigating how women use gossip to compete...
Operating on brain gliomas by detecting the ‘glow’
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The joy of neurons: A simplified ‘cookbook’ for engineering brain cells to study disease
Credit: Credit: Baldwin / The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - May 9, 2018 - Scientists at The Scripps...
For food-aid recipients, information is power
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Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation explores intervention for reading deficits after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a two-year, R21...
Male fertility, an issue for many species
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Mount Sinai launches the i3 Asset Accelerator to advance the development of life-saving discoveries
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners today announced the launch of the i3...
New study demonstrates toll of anxiety on bone health
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 9, 2018)--Anxiety has already been shown to take its toll on the human body in many ways,...
Adversity early in life linked with more physical pain in adulthood
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Nutmeg’s hidden power: Helping the liver
Smelling nutmeg evokes images of fall, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. But the spice has been used for years...
Getting health data sharing off the ground
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