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FSU researchers find low resilience puts men at risk for depression
Credit: FSU Photo/Bill Lax Men who lack resilience are exponentially more vulnerable to becoming severely depressed after their spouse dies,...
Serotonin neurons contribute to fail-safe mechanism that ensures recovery from interrupted breathing
Credit: Dymecki lab/Harvard Medical School Scientists trying to identify the roots of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause...
HPTN 075 study demonstrates high rate of HIV infection among African MSM and TGW
Credit: HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) DURHAM, NC - Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today presented results...
Bioengineered human cardiac models spur disruptive innovation in disease research
TORONTO (23 Oct. 2018) -- Thrombosis-on-a-chip, vasculature-on-a-chip and engineered models of human cardiac fibrosis are just a few of the...
Researchers to enhance guidelines for ethical human-animal chimera research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine In Greek mythology, a chimera is a figure with the head of...
Hospitals differ widely in providing safe vaginal delivery after cesarean
Despite the conventional belief that for women giving birth "once a cesarean always a cesarean," vaginal delivery after cesarean --...
Insulin discovery a game-changer for improving diabetes treatments
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research An international collaboration co-led by researchers at the Walter and Eliza...
Abdominal obesity common among women in rural Indonesia
Credit: Lena Mustonen Abdominal obesity is seven times more common among women than among men in Indonesia's rural area. This...
Individual stress susceptibility and glucose metabolism are linked to brain function
Chronic stress is a well-known risk factor for the development of psychiatric illnesses including depression disorders. The brain requires a...
Stress can impair memory, reduce brain size in middle age, study finds
SAN ANTONIO--Adults in their 40s and 50s with higher levels of cortisol--a hormone linked to stress--performed worse on memory and...
Helping blood cells regenerate after radiation therapy
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Patients with blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma are often treated by irradiating their bone marrow...
New clinical protocol after general surgery cuts opioid prescribing in half
London, ON, Canada - In recent years deaths from opioid overdoses have become one of the most common injury-related deaths...
Digital device overload linked to how first impressions are formed
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Beware, media multitaskers: New research from Rice University researchers has found a link between spending too...
Neurology: Space travel alters the brain
Spending long periods in space not only leads to muscle atrophy and reductions in bone density, it also has lasting...
Study reveals how the brain overcomes its own limitations
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Imagine trying to write your name so that it can be read in a mirror. Your brain...
Loss of first baby tooth a positive experience for children
Scared, ashamed, happy or proud - how do children feel when they lose their first baby tooth? An interdisciplinary research...
New genetic pathways linked to severe lung disease in preemies
Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues identified...
New study shows advertizing for alcohol is prevalent in UK television
A new study in the Journal of Public Health indicates that advertising for alcohol is common in British television, and...
Mucus, cough and chronic lung disease: New discoveries
Credit: Johan Wingborg As a cold ends, a severe mucus cough starts. Sound familiar? Two studies now give explanations: First,...
‘Cellular dust’ provides new hope for regenerative medicine
While stem cells have the most therapeutic potential, the benefits of regenerative medicine may best be mobilised using extracellular vesicles...
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