Connections in the brains of young children strengthen during sleep, study finds
While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of...
View ArticleStudy finds brain abnormalities linked to impaired self-awareness in cocaine...
New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reveals long-term cocaine abuse may be associated with deficits in parts of the brain involved in monitoring and overseeing one's own...
View ArticlePTSD raises risk for obesity in women
Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) gain weight more rapidly and are more likely to be overweight or obese than women without the disorder, find researchers at Columbia University's...
View ArticleLong-term unemployment may accelerate aging in men
Men who are unemployed for more than two years show signs of faster ageing in their DNA, a new study has found.
View ArticleStudy is first to explain type of antimalarial drug resistance
A Georgetown University professor published in the online journal PLOS ONE the first study explaining why drugs designed to fight off malaria stop working in some people with the disease.
View ArticleLarge study links nut consumption to reduced death rate
In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn't consume nuts, say scientists...
View ArticleCurrent practice may over-diagnose vitamin D deficiency
The current "gold standard" test for measuring vitamin D status may not accurately diagnose vitamin D deficiency in black individuals. In an article in the Nov. 21 New England Journal of Medicine, a...
View ArticleEarly data show potential for investigational bioengineered vessel as...
An investigational, man-made blood vessel used in vascular grafts for kidney dialysis patients may potentially show encouraging early results among study patients in Poland, according to preliminary...
View ArticleRare disease yields clues about broader brain pathology
(Medical Xpress)—Alexander disease is a devastating brain disease that almost nobody has heard of—unless someone in the family is afflicted with it. Alexander disease strikes young or old, and in...
View ArticleAttractants prevent nerve cell migration
A vision is to implant nerve precursor cells in the diseased brains of patients with Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, whereby these cells are to assume the function of the cells that have died...
View ArticleTrial results positive for tinnitus sufferers
UT Dallas researchers have demonstrated that treating tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, using vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy is safe and brought significant improvement to some of the...
View ArticleIntestinal bacteria influence food transit through the gut
Food transit through the small intestine affects the body's absorption of nutrients and, consequently, our health. The discovery that food transit time is regulated by a hormone indicates new ways to...
View ArticleResearch shows that anti-fungal medicine may increase vulnerability to...
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered evidence that a widely used anti-fungal medicine increases susceptibility to...
View ArticleTeam first to map autism-risk genes by function
Pity the poor autism researcher. Recent studies have linked hundreds of gene mutations scattered throughout the brain to increased autism risk. Where do you start?
View ArticleDifferent cellular mechanisms behind regenerated body parts
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that two separate species of salamander differ in the way their muscles grow back in lost body parts. Their findings on the...
View ArticleNewborn babies have built-in body awareness ability
The ability to differentiate your own body from others is a fundamental skill, critical for humans' ability to interact with their environments and the people in them. Now, researchers reporting in...
View ArticleScientists find the invisibility cloak that shields HIV-1 from the immune system
Of the two major types of HIV, only one, HIV-1, typically causes AIDS in infected people who don't receive treatment. A study published by Cell Press November 21st in the journal Immunity reveals how...
View ArticlePreventing marijuana-induced memory problems with over-the-counter painkillers
In addition to being used as a recreational drug, marijuana has been used for centuries to treat a variety of conditions, from chronic pain to epilepsy. However, its medical value is greatly limited by...
View ArticleGenetic defect keeps verbal cues from hitting the mark
A genetic defect that profoundly affects speech in humans also disrupts the ability of songbirds to sing effective courtship tunes. This defect in a gene called FoxP2 renders the brain circuitry...
View ArticleScientists think mysterious virus could be a signal of a weak immune system
More than 260,000 Americans are alive today thanks to transplant operations that have replaced their failing kidneys, hearts, lungs or livers with healthy organs donated by volunteers or accident victims.
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