FSU study finds religious involvement does little to prevent opioid abuse
Credit: FSU Photo/Bill Lax Does going to church help people avoid struggles with opioid abuse? New research from Florida State University says no. In a...
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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 having difficulty paying attention in...
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 activity in the gut, affecting...
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 apnea. In a study published...
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 fatal - complications from respiratory...
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 patients are typically prescribed strong...
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 vision loss, is also a...
‘Kiss of death’ cancer
Credit: Monash University It's called the 'kiss of death'. Triple negative breast cancer has no targeted drug therapy and, as such, the only hope for...
Genes associated with infantile forms of schizophrenia identified
Credit: Boris Chaumette Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University have identified novel genes associated with a specific form...
Finding genes controlling ovarian reserve could hold key to better female fertility care
Credit: Jackson Laboratory image courtesy of Ewelina Bolcun-Filas, Ph.D. For a woman to conceive and deliver a healthy baby, thousands of genes have to work...
Tackling bullying could help reduce depression in autistic teens
Teenagers with difficulties in social communication, including autism have higher rates of depressive symptoms, especially if they are being bullied. Researchers at the University of...
Monash research provides insights into why older people respond poorly to cancer treatment
Credit: Monash University It's called the Silver Tsunami - the increased incidence of cancer with ageing, combined with the rapidly ageing population means that the...
Mayo Clinic discovers gene mutations linked to pancreatic cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Six genes contain mutations that may be passed down in families, substantially increasing a person's risk for pancreatic cancer. That's according to...
Diagnostics of genetic cardiac diseases using stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Credit: Authors A new study by Professors Martti Juhola and Katriina Aalto-Setälä of the University of Tampere in Finland demonstrates that with the use of...
World’s first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery
Credit: @The University of Hong Kong Stereotactic neurosurgery is one of the treatment to a variety of movement and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Parkinson's disease...
