Lesbian, bisexual women may be more likely to develop diabetes due to stress
In a newly published study involving 94,250 women across the United States, researchers found that lesbian and bisexual (LB) women were more likely than heterosexual...
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Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment
May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead to more effective treatment and...
Global Health Center at Georgetown announces new program focused on biosafety, biosecurity
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON (May 9, 2018) -- The Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at Georgetown University Medical Center announces...
Facebook app offers opportunity to help unpaid Alzheimer’s caregivers via friendsourcing
Credit: IU School of Social Work INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at IUPUI have developed a Facebook app that, a study shows, offers a way to provide...
For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed
May 9, 2018 - A technique of magnetic stimulation of the brain can increase walking speed in patients who are undergoing rehabilitation after a stroke,...
University of Michigan professor, graduate work together to empower Sudanese women
ANN ARBOR--South Sudanese women have among the highest fertility rates and maternal death rates in the world, yet cultural norms still frown upon contraceptives--even to...
Idle talk or fierce competition? Research finds women use gossip as a weapon in rivalries
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from Florida State University, investigating how women use gossip to compete in the realm of romance,...
Operating on brain gliomas by detecting the ‘glow’
PHOENIX (May 2, 2018) -Research by Barrow Neurological Institute physicians and University of Washington scientists on novel imaging technology for malignant brain tumors was published...
The joy of neurons: A simplified ‘cookbook’ for engineering brain cells to study disease
Credit: Credit: Baldwin / The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - May 9, 2018 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have devised what...
For food-aid recipients, information is power
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power. That is the implication of a newly published study co-authored by MIT...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation explores intervention for reading deficits after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a two-year, R21 award from the Eunice Kennedy...
Male fertility, an issue for many species
In the St. Lawrence River near Montreal's sewage discharge site, male spottail shiners show the effects of pollution with more than one third of the...
Mount Sinai launches the i3 Asset Accelerator to advance the development of life-saving discoveries
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners today announced the launch of the i3 Asset Accelerator, a new fund...
New study demonstrates toll of anxiety on bone health
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 9, 2018)--Anxiety has already been shown to take its toll on the human body in many ways, including increased risk for heart...
Adversity early in life linked with more physical pain in adulthood
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Experiencing trauma as a child may influence how much pain an individual feels in adulthood, according to Penn State researchers. Gaining...
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