Gordon receives $2.3 Million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Reyna Gordon, PhD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology and director of the Music Cognition Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has...
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Free thinking: researchers identify origins of free will in the brain
Long the domain of philosophy and religion, free will has also been defined by scientists as a combination of two cognitive processes - the desire...
Study finds human milk components in amniotic fluid
Credit: UC San Diego Health Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complex carbohydrates that are highly abundant and unique to human milk. Accumulating evidence indicates that...
New report on mobility has experts moving toward consensus on care as we age
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today unveiled a list of recommendations to help health systems prioritize a...
Study examines the effect of alcohol consumption on survival in non-alcoholic fatty liver
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which is not caused by significant alcohol consumption, has become the most common liver disease in the United States and...
Liver transplant, weight-loss surgery combination benefits obese patients in long term
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Obese patients who underwent a life-saving liver transplant and weight-loss surgery at the same time were better able to keep the weight...
Insomnia therapy may slow or reverse cortical gray matter atrophy in fibromyalgia
Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - Preliminary findings from a pilot study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) may slow...
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered how to slow aging
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- October 2, 2018- Previous research published earlier this year in Nature Medicine involving University of Minnesota Medical School faculty Paul D. Robbins and...
Whole-brain connectome maps teach artificial intelligence to predict epilepsy outcomes
Credit: Dr. Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht and Dr. Leonardo Bonilha of the Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) neurologists have developed a...
Genetic studies of drug metabolism identify research needs for precision medicine
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 2, 2018--Drug safety and effectiveness vary greatly among populations worldwide. Genetics is one of the...
Assessment of ED Threat perceptions identifies patients at risk for cardiac-induced PTSD
Credit: Kirsty Challen, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- A brief tool assessing emergency department (ED) threat perceptions has clinical utility for...
Brown scientist wins $1.5 million innovator award for new approach to decoding brain signals
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The motor cortex is the portion of the brain that controls movement, but it's also active when a person...
Pitt researchers receive prestigious NIH Director’s Awards
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2018 - Three University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been chosen to receive awards from the National Institutes...
UVA’s Jonathan Kipnis receives prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A University of Virginia School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our understanding of the brain's relationship...
Take my hand and ride with me — Over the genome
The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained in tissues and organs. How...
