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Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness
Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness, a new study has found.
Researchers found that girls tended to report less...
Sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis soared to new record highs in...
Sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis soared to new record highs in the United States last year, public health officials said Tuesday.
The...
Teenagers face quite a challenge in their social spheres- they have a hard time...
Your teenage daughter gets into a shouting match with another kid at school.
It turns out that it may have started over something as simple...
UNSW researchers have discovered a new way to detect cancer
UNSW researchers have discovered a new way to detect ultralow levels of microRNA in a blood sample which could make diagnosis of cancer and...
Chrm1 and Chrm3 : Genes that regulate how much we dream
Sleep is known to re-energize animals and consolidate their memories.
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a mysterious stage of sleep in which animals dream, is...
Scientists find a new way to attack herpesviruses – Human cytomegalovirus
Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures.
As it's evolved over time, this virus from the herpes family has found...
Same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality...
A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types...
How obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance
Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and...
The arteries of teenagers who drink alcohol and smoke, even very occasionally, are already...
The arteries of teenagers who drink alcohol and smoke, even very occasionally, are already beginning to stiffen by age 17, according to UCL research.
Arterial...
Ketamine works as an antidepressant at least in part by activating the brain’s opioid...
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that ketamine works as an antidepressant at least in part by activating the brain's...
Chemotherapy may cause acute amenorrhea leading to early menopause in women with lung cancer
A new study suggests chemotherapy may cause acute amenorrhea leading to early menopause in women with lung cancer.
The study is the first to comment...
Single-step nasal spray naloxone is the easiest to deliver
Single-step nasal spray naloxone is the easiest to deliver, according to new research led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University at New York.
Expanded...
Discovered secret tunnels between the skull and the brain
Bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside most of our bones, produces red blood cells as well as immune cells that help fight off infections...
People with a cardiomyopathy have abnormally short telomeres in heart muscle cells responsible for...
People with a form of heart disease called cardiomyopathy have abnormally short telomeres in heart muscle cells responsible for contraction, according to a new...
Developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat than the widely...
Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat than the widely used body mass index, or BMI, with...
