How the brain recognizes familiar faces
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But...
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New insights into cause of phantom limb pain may have therapeutic…
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Phantom limb pain is the pain experienced following loss of a limb, either from injury or amputation. This sensation...
New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint…
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons has developed guidelines for...
Wayne State and Henry Ford present findings on ESRD and CKD
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – On November 17, 2016, a Wayne State University doctoral student, Matthew Jasinski, will present results from his dissertation at...
Following Presidential action, AGS renews call for bipartisan…
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Presidential action to alter current law risks undermining progress made by Congress, the American people, and a cadre of...
Study finds mild exercise helps decrease pain and improve activity…
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery It's never too late to reap the benefits of exercise, and that includes older adults with arthritis and other muscle...
Prostate cancer screening drops dramatically in middle-aged men
(Nov. 17, 2015, BOSTON) – PSA testing has dropped significantly in middle-aged men after a 2012 recommendation that all men should not be routinely screened...
Marriage makes men fatter, shows new research
Being married makes men gain weight, and the early days of fatherhood add to the problem, finds new research from the University of Bath’s School...
Kessler Foundation awarded Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Grant…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – November 21, 2017 – The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded Kessler...
UB spinoff company For-Robin moves one step closer to human clinical…
Credit: Credit: Loukia Karacosta/For-Robin Inc. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists from For-Robin Inc., a University at Buffalo biotechnology spinoff, have published new scientific results showing that...
PATH and WRAIR announce largest-ever controlled malaria infection
Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Md., September 8, 2017–PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and the US Department of Defense’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research...
Excess transcription factor Heat Shock Factor 1 can delay embryonic neural migration
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Transcription factor Heat Shock Factor 1 (Hsf1), which the developing brain releases to shield the vital organ from...
New, ultra-rare gene mutations implicated in eating disorders
Credit: CC PLOS ONE By combining whole exome sequencing, machine learning, and network analysis, researchers have identified new, ultra-rare gene mutations within specific biological pathways...
Long-term opioid use associated with increased risk of depression
IMAGE: Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Family and Community Medicine at Saint Louis University. Credit: Saint Louis University. ST. LOUIS – Opioids...
How well do we understand the relation between incorrect chromosome number & cancer?
Credit: CSHL Public Affairs Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Over a century ago, a German-born scientist experimenting with impregnated sea urchin eggs had an insight...
