Researchers discover new way to improve internal clock function
Overnight flights across the Atlantic, graveyard shifts, stress-induced insomnia are all prime culprits in keeping us from getting a good night's sleep. Thanks to new research from McGill University...
View ArticleBrain circuit can tune anxiety
Anxiety disorders, which include posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder, affect 40 million American adults in a given year. Currently available treatments, such...
View ArticleTuberculosis genomes portray secrets of pathogen's success
By any measure, tuberculosis (TB) is a wildly successful pathogen. It infects as many as two billion people in every corner of the world, with a new infection of a human host estimated to occur every...
View ArticleAntipsychotic drug use in children for mood, behavior disorders increases...
Prescribing of "atypical" antipsychotic medications to children and young adults with behavioral problems or mood disorders may put them at unnecessary risk for type 2 diabetes, a Vanderbilt University...
View ArticleTwo studies identify potential new drug for Crohn's disease and ulcerative...
Vedolizumab, a new intravenous antibody medication, has shown positive results for treating both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to researchers at the University of California San...
View ArticleStudy finds that microbes influence B-cell development in the gut
Gut bacteria exert a dramatic, systemic effect on the development of the immune system's B-lymphocytes, according to a new mouse study by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. While influences of...
View ArticleTest-tube babies: A simpler, cheaper technique?
Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a...
View ArticleHuman brains are hardwired for empathy, friendship, study shows
Perhaps one of the most defining features of humanity is our capacity for empathy – the ability to put ourselves in others' shoes. A new University of Virginia study strongly suggests that we are...
View ArticleStudy suggests chlamydia infection rates have changed over time but remains...
(Medical Xpress)—A study exploring the frequency of chlamydia antibodies among young women – a marker for current and past infection – found this increased between 1993 and 2002, and then declined from...
View ArticleFirst to measure the concerted activity of a neuronal circuit
Neurobiologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have been the first to measure the concerted activity of a neuronal circuit in the retina as it extracts information about...
View ArticleScientists mimic natural conditions in the lab to more accurately test stress
(Medical Xpress)—With a unique focus on methodology, Huck Institutes researchers studying rat behavior show that chronic, unpredictable stress during adolescence causes long-term changes in cognitive...
View ArticleKey protein accelerates diabetes in two ways
The same protein tells beta cells in the pancreas to stop making insulin and then to self-destruct as diabetes worsens, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published online...
View ArticlePreschoolers who stutter do just fine emotionally and socially, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Stuttering may be more common than previously thought, but preschool stutterers fair better than first thought, a study by The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research...
View ArticleCombination of two imaging techniques allows new insights into brain function
The ability to measure brain functions non-invasively is important both for clinical diagnoses and research in Neurology and Psychology. Two main imaging techniques are used: positron emission...
View ArticleSkin cell defect is surprising allergy trigger
In a new study published in Nature Genetics, Northwestern Medicine and Tel Aviv University scientists have found that a structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development, including...
View ArticleWhy do haters have to hate? Newly identified personality trait holds clues
New research has uncovered the reason why some people seem to dislike everything while others seem to like everything. Apparently, it's all part of our individual personality – a dimension that...
View ArticleMore links seen between autism, ADHD
(HealthDay)—Kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are 20 times more likely to exhibit some traits of autism than children without ADHD, according to a new study.
View ArticleFour cups of coffee a day may keep prostate cancer recurrence and progression...
Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression, according to a new study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists that is online ahead of...
View ArticleDisabling enzyme reduces tumor growth, cripples cancer cells
Knocking out a single enzyme dramatically cripples the ability of aggressive cancer cells to spread and grow tumors, offering a promising new target in the development of cancer treatments, according...
View ArticleNot guility: Parkinson and protein phosphorylation
Clues left at the scene of the crime don't always point to the guilty party, as EPFL researchers investigating Parkinson's disease have discovered. It is generally accepted that the disease is...
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