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Study: Men more likely to be readmitted to hospital after sustaining a firearm injury
(Boston)--Men have a substantially greater hospital readmission risk during the first three months following a firearm injury hospitalization compared to...
Can acupuncture help alleviate menopausal symptoms?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 20, 2018--An umbrella review from Duke Clinical Research Institute that...
Innovation for ‘young & young at heart’ finds home at Disney & in geriatrics for #AGS18
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Home to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting (#AGS18) (http://meeting.americangeriatrics.org/), the...
Music therapy aids healing of military personnel
A new paper published in Music Therapy Perspectives examines the importance of music therapy in military healthcare. There has been...
Illusory motion reproduced by deep neural networks trained for prediction
Credit: Akiyoshi Kitaoka Deep neural networks (DNNs), which have been developed with reference to the network structures and the operational...
Study IDs important role for specific gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism
Credit: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory In a new study of one of the most common genetic causes of...
International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2018 Annual Meeting: May 9-12 in Rotterdam
The 17th Annual International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2018 Annual Meeting (formerly IMFAR) will host nearly 2,000 researchers, delegates,...
Amygdala neurons increase as children become adults — except in autism
Credit: UC Davis Health In a striking new finding, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute found that typically-developing children...
Western diet depletes artery-protecting immune cells
Credit: Dr. Dalia Gaddis, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--New research from scientists at the La...
Potential cognitive effects of targeted drugs in children may be reversible with therapy
Bottom Line: Young mice that received molecularly targeted therapies used to treat brain cancer in human patients sustained cognitive and...
Good motor skills may enhance reading skills in obese children
Excess body weight has been linked to poor academic performance in children in several previous studies. A new Finnish study...
ELCC 2018: Fighting number-one cancer killer with research and a multidisciplinary approach
Geneva, Switzerland, 20 March 2018 - Around 2,300 participants from across the world will meet in Geneva at the eighth...
Child sex abuse much greater than believed with more women committing offenses
Credit: University of Huddersfield Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield alerted the Independent Inquiry into...
BU: Children of centenarians feel stronger purpose in life
A sense of meaning and direction in life is associated with living longer and experiencing less disease, disability, and cognitive...
Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving...
Brain SPECT imaging predicts outcomes in depressed patients
Credit: Amens Clinic March 20, 2018, Costa Mesa, California: New research from the Amen Clinics shows that brain SPECT (single...
Malaria’s most wanted: Identifying the deadliest strains to design a childhood vaccine
Researchers have identified a 'genetic fingerprint' associated with the most deadly strains of malaria parasites, making these unique DNA regions...
Decision-making is shaped by individual differences in the functional brain connectome
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Each day brings with it a host of decisions to be made, and each person approaches those...
Massey scientists identify genes that could inform novel therapies for EBV-related cancers
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the...
High consumption of red and processed meat linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, March 20, 2018 - World meat consumption has increased during the last decades, and evidence...
