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Deep Brain Stimulation showing promise for patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease over 65
Credit: The Globe and Mail TORONTO - An age group analysis of data from the ADvance trial has shown that...
Can psychological stress cause vision loss?
Credit: Bernhard Sabel Magdeburg, Germany, June 19, 2018 - Persistent psychological stress, which is widely recognized as a consequence of...
New study shows how a single binge drinking episode affects gene that regulates sleep
Credit: MU Health Care One in six U.S. adults binge drinks at least four times a month, according to the...
Scientists reveal how gut microbes ‘recover’ after antibiotic treatment
New insight on how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome - the community of microbes that live inside us - has...
Are you sticking to your diet? Scientists may be able to tell from a blood sample
An analysis of small molecules called "metabolites" in a blood sample may be used to determine whether a person is...
Relieving the pain of kidney stones
Credit: University of Guelph For anyone who has suffered from kidney stones, the painful condition is not easily treatable, and...
Combining different malaria vaccines could reduce cases by 91 percent
(Imperial College London) Using two experimental anti-malarial vaccines, which work in different ways, can greatly reduce the number of malaria...
Cell type and environment influence protein turnover in the brain
Scientists have revealed that protein molecules in the brain are broken down and replaced at different rates, depending on where...
UA receives $1.6m grant to examine the healing potential of curcumin for acute lung injury
Credit: UA College of Nursing People with a high dependence on alcohol at risk of developing serious - and sometimes...
Children’s immune system could hold the key to preventing sepsis
(University of Sheffield) Scientists have identified the key response that children use to control infections.
New Wilmar-NUS joint lab to drive innovation in food-tech and sustainable biochemicals
Asia's leading agribusiness group Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established a new joint...
Floppy eyelids may be sign of sleep apnea, Loyola study finds
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine study is providing further evidence that floppy eyelids may be a sign of sleep...
Opioid dependence in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis: More likely to occur before than after surgery
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Researchers investigated risk factors for the development of opioid dependence in patients undergoing surgery for...
Hypnosis may help reduce fear of cancer treatment in children
Hypnosis could help to reduce the fear of medical procedures in children and young people with cancer. New research led...
Long-term estrogen therapy changes microbial activity in the gut, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Long-term therapy with estrogen and bazedoxifene alters the microbial composition and...
Blood signature could improve early TB diagnosis
(The Francis Crick Institute) A gene signature in the bloodstream can reveal whether someone is going to develop active tuberculosis...
EU-LIFE urges the EU Parliament and Council to push for a strong Horizon Europe
Credit: EU-LIFE EU-LIFE, the alliance of 13 leading life science research institutes in Europe announced its reaction to the European...
Absence epilepsy — When the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was...
Study suggests that diabetes can be accurately diagnosed from a single blood sample
(American College of Physicians) A combination of elevated fasting glucose and HbA1c levels from a single blood sample was found...
‘Artificial blubber’ protects divers in frigid water
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A treatment that infuses a conventional neoprene wetsuit with a heavy inert gas can improve a...