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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards 2023 outstanding achievement prizes to five leading psychiatric researchers
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the world’s largest private funder of mental health research grants, today announced it is...
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance call for papers theme issue on preventive strategies
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Editor-in-Chief: Travis Sanchez and guest editors Dr. Roy Rillera Marzo, Dr. Adnan Kisa, Petra Heidler...
UMass Amherst study finds gender differences in HIV stigma in the Dominican Republic
In a University of Massachusetts Amherst study recently published in PLOS ONE, researchers explored and described gender differences in HIV-related stigma and...
Seamlessly multiplexing memory storage and recall
Every day we store memories, some of which we are able to recall later. But while we do so, do...
How video games could unlock new treatments for Parkinson’s
Credit: Vasileios Christopoulos/UCR
DNA aptamer finds novel application in regulating cell differentiation
Generating specific cell lineages from induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells is the holy grail of regenerative medicine....
THE LANCET NEUROLOGY: Stroke could cause nearly 10 million deaths annually by 2050, mostly in LMICs, and cost up to US$2 trillion per year, new report warns
Peer-reviewed / Modelling, Review, and Opinion / PeopleCredit: The Lancet Peer-reviewed / Modelling, Review, and Opinion / People New World...
What is the impact of predictive AI in the health care setting?
Models built on machine learning in health care can be victims of their own success, according to researchers at the...
Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans
If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will...
Could a specialized diet alleviate long COVID?
LOS ANGELES — Approximately 7% of Americans have had long COVID, a range of ongoing health problems experienced after infection...
Tropical ecosystems more reliant on emerging aquatic insects, study finds, potentially putting them at greater risk
A team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Campinas in Brazil has found that...
Is this how antidepressants work, and why they take weeks to kick-in?
Type of work: peer-reviewed/randomised controlled trial/peopleCredit: (credit: Marc Dingman, Neuroscientifically Challenged (www.neurochallenged.com). Type of work: peer-reviewed/randomised controlled trial/people SSRI antidepressants...
Teaching expectant mothers to bond with their babies
Type of work: Peer-reviewed / experimental study / peopleCredit: Design by Dr. Anne Bjertrup via Canva Type of work: Peer-reviewed...
SUSTAIN Center at UH commemorates five years of combatting AIDS/HIV epidemic in Southern U.S.
The SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPASS Coordinating Center of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work has made a lasting...
Wearable bracelet tracks bipolar mood swings: changing electrical signals in skin linked to manic or depressed moods
Not peer-reviewed/experimental study/peopleCredit: redit: Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei Not peer-reviewed/experimental study/people Researchers have announced preliminary results of using wearable technology to measure...
World-first research breakthrough sparks new hope for bowel cancer patients
Every year, over 15,500 Australians are diagnosed with bowel cancer, and it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths...
Kidney disease gene also has a protective mutation
African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation...
Ex-football players with medical and mental health conditions at higher odds of receiving premature CTE diagnosis
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4, 2023 – Former professional American football players who have medical and mental health conditions including depression, anxiety or sleep apnea...
Up-and-coming researchers vie in a ‘Shark Tank’-inspired competition during the Ramona Jones Friends of BrainHealth Scientist Selection Luncheon
On October 2, 2023, Center for BrainHealth, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, held its annual Friends of...
Self-injurious thoughts & behaviors in youth
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “Self-Injurious Thoughts & Behaviors in Youth” on Tuesday,...
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