Neuroscientists uncover secret to intelligence in parrots
University of Alberta neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. ...
Pelvic exams do not help diagnose STDs in adolescent girls, study says
WASHINGTON, DC -- A pelvic exam does not improve a physician's ability to diagnose certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in ...
Study: Small talk not as bad as previously thought
People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms. Researchers also found that idle ...
ICD placements not meeting medicare coverage decline after investigation
Following the announcement of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into potential overuse of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators ...
Testosterone increases men’s preference for status goods
Fontainebleau (France), Singapore, Abu Dhabi, 3 July, 2018: A recent study conducted by a research team around Hilke Plassmann, the ...
Building trees: The protein controlling neuron branch growth
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS A protein called "MetastasisMetastasis-suppressor 1" (MTSS1) activates one pathway and inhibits another competing pathway, thus playing ...
Researchers discover new vulnerability in deadly form of lung cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 28, 2018 - Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern ...
How our brains learn to control and remember walking
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Movement neuroscientist Julia Choi at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, ...
Large population study fails to find causal link between assisted reproduction and ovarian cancer
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Following concerns over many years that hormonal stimulation of the ovaries necessary for IVF may increase ...
Tattoos: Body decoration with risks
"Colour pigments from tattoos do not remain locally restricted to the skin, they migrate in the body," explains BfR President, ...
Expecting a stressful day may lower cognitive abilities throughout the day
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- There may be some truth to the saying "getting up on the wrong side of the ...
Survey shows Australian GPs cautiously supportive of medicinal cannabis access
Credit: University of Sydney A majority of Australian GPs support medicinal cannabis being available on prescription, with their preferred "access ...
Commonly used preventive therapy for recurrent miscarriage proved ineffective in large trial
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: An immune response to pregnancy (in which the uterus rejects the embryo or foetus) is said ...
Testosterone causes men to desire luxury goods
Some men, it seems, can't get enough of luxury goods like European sports cars or designer jeans. Now, scientists have ...
Bentham Science co-distributing publications by Focus Medica and Panther Publishers
Bentham Science has agreed to co-distributing publications published by Focus Medica and Panther Publishers. The agreement expands Bentham's portfolio of ...
Feeling young could mean your brain is aging more slowly
While everyone gets older, not everyone feels their age. A recent study finds that such feelings, called subjective age, may ...
Consciousness is partly preserved during general anaesthesia
When people are administered an anaesthetic, they seem to lose consciousness - or at least they stop reacting to their ...
Researchers gather in New Delhi to kick off observational study for newborns with sepsis
Over 80 researchers from 11 countries are meeting in New Delhi today to kick off an observational study to understand ...
Sound waves could provide ‘liquid biopsies’
Credit: Kara Manke, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Using sound waves, an international team of researchers has developed a gentle, ...
More than 8 million babies born from IVF since the world’s first in 1978
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Forty years after the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, an international committee ...
