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...
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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...
Cognitive behavioral therapy can improve emotion regulation in children with autism
TORONTO, Tuesday, April 24, 2018- New research from York University's Faculty of Health shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help children with autism manage not...
Healthcare costs for adults with autism more than double those for general population
New Rochelle, NY, April 24, 2018--Researchers compared total annual healthcare costs for adults on the autism spectrum to costs for adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity...
Patients in major prostate cancer study older, sicker than average patient population
DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital compared the patient population of a major U.S. prostate cancer study with patients found in three U.S. cancer...
Opioid prescribing at veterans hospitals varies widely in treating chronic pain
AURORA, Colo. (April 24, 2018) - A new study of treatment options for military veterans with chronic pain has determined that care practices at Veterans...
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...
The dispute about the origins of terahertz photoresponse in graphene results in a draw
Credit: Lion_on_helium, MIPT press office Physicists at MIPT and their British and Russian colleagues revealed the mechanisms leading to photocurrent in graphene under terahertz radiation....
Fruit fly study identifies new gene linked to aortic aneurysms
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An interdisciplinary team of researchers has identified a new gene linked to human aortic aneurysms. By combining comprehensive genetic studies...
Novel pathway identified in development of acute myeloid leukemia with poor prognosis
24 April 2018 - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that comprises 1% of all new cancer cases...
High immune function tied to stunted growth
EUGENE, Ore. -- April 24, 2018 -- Elevated immune function during childhood results in as much as 49 percent growth reduction in Ecuador's indigenous Shuar...
UNC-Chapel Hill and partners awarded $58.1 million to accelerate research discoveries
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $58.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to renew its five-year Clinical and...
A wearable device intervention to increase exercise in peripheral artery disease
A home-based exercise program, consisting of wearable devices and telephone coaching, did not improve walking ability for patients with peripheral artery disease, according to a...
Rheumatology leaders respond to Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance proposed rule
Washington, D.C. - In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) expressed concern that the...
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