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Metabolic syndrome : new drug
A new drug developed at Yale reduces a host of abnormalities associated with metabolic syndrome, an obesity-born condition that afflicts one of three adults...
White eye it’s a sign of pathology
A team of researchers from Baylor University, with assistance from staff at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber...
Memory and emotion – Male / female differences in the development of brain
The amygdala and the hippocampus–structures in the brain that are involved in emotion, learning, and memory–have been found to play a role in a...
Teens taking oral contraceptives increase risk for depressive symptoms
Ever since birth control pills first became available, researchers have been trying to understand the connection between oral contraceptive use and mood.
A new study...
Schizophrenia : auditory hallucinations may be established by infancy
Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear “voices,” known as auditory hallucinations.
This symptom, which afflicts more than 80% of patients,...
GIF Image Could Have Hacked Your Android Phone Using WhatsApp Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a GIF is worth a thousand pictures.Today, the short looping clips, GIFs are everywhere - on...
Researchers presented a new technique for hydrogen production
Electrolytic hydrogen production entails the generation of hydrogen from water using electrical power, which should ideally come from renewable power sources such as sunlight...
Scientists found that bacteria fingerprint predicts radiotherapy side effects
Scientists have conducted the first clinical study to show a link between types of gut bacteria and radiotherapy-induced gut damage.
Taking a 'fingerprint' of the...
Hearing loss : children’s brains develop in response to exposure to sounds
Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today...
Smartphone dependency linked to loneliness and depression
Young people who are hooked on their smartphones may be at an increased risk for depression and loneliness, according to a new study from...
Novel virtual reality therapy reduce PTSD in veterans after 12 weeks of therapy
Virtual reality technology could be used to help military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study concludes.
Researchers and clinicians at Cardiff...
Language : Researchers discovered previously hidden connections between brain layers during reading
Language involves many different regions of the brain.
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the Donders Institute at Radboud University discovered...
A new video game fosters more social initiation for those with ASD
Narcís Parés, a member of the Cognitive Media Technologies research group of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) at UPF, is working...
Only 50% of those with eating disorders seek help
A School of Public Health professor has been extensively researching eating disorders in the United States and has found trends that warrant increased screening...
New research suggests that patients with sepsis have a better chance of survival when...
New research led by Virginia Commonwealth University and published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that patients with sepsis...
