Organoids reveal how a deadly brain cancer grows
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 24, 2018) Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an incredibly deadly brain cancer and presents a serious black box challenge. It's virtually...
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Bariatric surgery successes lead to type 2 diabetes treatment
Bariatric surgery has long yielded almost immediate health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes, and new findings on the reasons for remission may be...
What if you could know that your mild cognitive impairment wouldn’t progress?
(IOS Press) Researchers from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon found that, in some mild cognitive impairment patients, real neuropsychological stability over a...
What can a tasty milkshake teach us about the genetics of heart disease?
From 2002 to 2005, about 800 people in Minnesota and Utah drank more than 1,500 milkshakes, and they got to say they were doing it...
Brain activity linked to stress changes chemical codes
Credit: UC San Diego Five years ago, a team of University of California San Diego neurobiologists published surprising findings describing how rats' brain cells adopted...
Study identifies overdose risk factors in youth with substance use disorders
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified factors that may increase the risk of drug overdose in adolescents and young adults. In...
Millennials aren’t getting the message about sun safety and the dangers of tanning
Credit: Oliver Day, Oregon State University BEND, Ore. - Many millennials lack knowledge about the importance of sunscreen and continue to tan outdoors in part...