Health
To boldly go or anxiously hang back?
The decision to explore is swayed by a distinctive type of neuron, UCSF researchers discover in a mouse model of...
MUSC psychologists release results of survey of ‘Maria generation’ kids
Credit: Provided by Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo Psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina have just published one of the largest...
Disease-causing nibbling amoeba hides by displaying proteins from host cells
Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting...
More than 100 organizations join the National Academy of Medicine in countering the opioid epidemic
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that more than 100 organizations across the U.S. have joined NAM in...
Gender impacts brain activity in alcoholics
May lead to gender-specific treatment (Boston)--Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for...
Sleep and exercise affect new moms differently than new dads
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new...
Low income is a risk factor for ‘catastrophic’ amputation after knee joint replacement
April 30, 2018 - Above-knee amputation (AKA) is a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery....
Crisis and suicide prevention services struggle with demand after celebrity suicides
NIH study identifies importance of support for critical suicide prevention services The United States may lack the resources needed to...
Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper...
Unraveling cannabinoids
Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University alum Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard...
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB...
A third of type one diabetes is misdiagnosed in the over 30s
More than a third of people over the age of 30 who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes actually...
Twelve-year follow-up after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Twelve-year retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of peptide receptor radionuclide therapyCredit: Dr. Irene Virgolini A 12-year retrospective clinical study of patients...
‘Seeing the light’ behind radiation therapy
UBC research measures an accurate and precise dose of radiation Delivering just the right dose of radiation for cancer patients...
Antibiotics may treat endometriosis
Targeted treatment reduces number of disease-causing microbes in miceCredit: Kommagani lab/Washington University Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...
New research offers insight into the proteins in the brain that detect cannabis
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have made new progress in understanding how cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs),...
When a ‘she’ becomes an ‘it’
What happens in the human brain when a woman is put on a par with an object? A research answering...
Innovative treatment restores sight in patient
Innovative treatment has improved the vision of a patient suffering from a rare cancer-related syndrome affecting the eye, new research...
Adam Antebi to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
Keeping fit is more than physical: It’s a state of mind
Personality, motivation and level of self-determination all shown to influence the type of workout we choose (and for how long...
