Diehl to receive GSA’s 2018 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Manfred Diehl, PhD, FGSA,...
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Gatz to receive GSA’s 2018 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award
This distinguished honor is given annually to an individual whose theoretical contributions have helped bring about a new synthesis and perspective or have yielded original...
Ferraro, Infurna to receive GSA’s 2018 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Kenneth Ferraro, PhD, FGSA,...
Lamming to receive GSA’s 2018 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Dudley Lamming, PhD, FGSA,...
McMullen to receive GSA’s 2018 Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has chosen Tara McMullen, PhD, MPH,...
Quality of life after spinal cord injury — What functional abilities have the greatest impact?
August 29, 2018 - Independence in mobility is the single most important factor affecting quality of life in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI),...
Undescended testes in boyhood linked to testicular cancer and infertility in adulthood
Led by the University of Sydney researchers and published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, this is the first population-based cohort study to...
Restless legs syndrome brain stimulation study supports motor cortex ‘excitability’ as a cause
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say new experiments using magnetic pulse brain stimulation on people with moderate to severe restless legs syndrome (RLS) have added to...
Children suffering from tics can be helped by both group and individual therapy
Therapy against tics works, and both group and individual treatment are suitable methods to achieve a good effect. This is the conclusion reached by a...
CHF 14 million of funding for all-terrain radiology
Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog & Jamani Caillet Pristem SA has raised CHF 14 million of funding from a group of Swiss and African investors....
EPFL’s Blue Brain Project open sources interactive visualization tool — RTNeuron
Credit: EPFL / Blue Brain Project The aim of the Blue Brain Project is to build accurate, biologically-detailed, digital reconstructions and simulations of the rodent...
Failing immune system ‘brakes’ help explain type 1 diabetes in mice
Immune reactions are usually a good thing--the body's way of eliminating harmful bacteria and other pathogens. But people also rely on molecular "brakes," or checkpoints,...
Tight-knit teammates may conform to each other’s behavior
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Good relationships between teammates are essential to a team's success, but athletes who feel more closely connected to their teammates may...
Celebrity culture likely contributed to destigmatizing out-of-wedlock childbirth
BUFFALO, N.Y. - In 1992, former Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the sitcom character Murphy Brown's decision to have a child out of wedlock. His...
$3.8 million NIMH grant to diagnose suicidal thinking using brain imaging
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University To build on a groundbreaking study that used brain imaging to identify individuals with suicidal thoughts, Carnegie Mellon University's Marcel Just...
