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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) may be an autoimmune disease
New research from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences strongly suggests postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is an autoimmune...
E-cigarette JUUL : self-reported symptoms of nicotine dependence by end user
As e-cigarette brand JUUL continues to climb in popularity among users of all ages, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers took a unique...
Innovative study on vitamin E absorption
A fresh look at how to best determine dietary guidelines for vitamin E has produced a surprising new finding: Though the vitamin is fat...
How is the retina formed?
How is the retina formed? And how do neurons differentiate to become individual components of the visual system?
By focusing on the early stages...
B-vitamin folate help to delivery anti cancer drug
NIBIB-funded biomedical engineers at the Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated a new method for delivering an anti-cancer drug in a study that tested...
Zebrafish may hold the secret to regenerating damaged retinas in humans
The tiny zebrafish may hold the secret to regenerating damaged retinas in humans, Vanderbilt University researchers reported last week in the journal Cell Reports.
Currently...
High-fat diets contribute to irregularities in the hypothalamus region of the brain
Much research has pointed to how an unhealthy diet correlates to obesity, but has not explored how diet can bring about neurological changes in...
Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) improve symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder
Researchers have found that focusing powerful non-invasive magnet stimulation on a specific brain area can improve the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
This opens...
New technique called SWIFT allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks
Twenty people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the United States, and while more than 30,000 transplants are now performed annually,...
Researchers identified new vaping-related respiratory illness – large immune cells containing numerous oily droplets
Doctors have identified a previously unrecognized characteristic of the vaping-related respiratory illness that has been emerging in clusters across the U.S. in recent months....
Main characteristics of schizophrenia is a difficulty in prioritising and ranking surrounding sounds
Our sound environment is extremely dense, which is why the brain has to adapt and implement filtering mechanisms that allow it to hold its...
SMS : researchers discovered advanced SMS phishing attack to hack your phone
Researchers discovered an advanced SMS phishing attack on some of the targeted Android phone’s that allows a remote attacker to trick victims in accepting...
The next generation of USB it’s ready and released – USB 4
The new USB 4 standard will have three main benefits over prior versions of USB.
40 Gbps Maximum Speed: By using two-lane cables, some devices will...
Privacy disaster hits Facebook users : 419 million phone numbers have been exposed...
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers were exposed in an open online database, the company confirmed Wednesday, in the latest example of Facebook’s past...
Research shows a consistent association of behavioural problems during childhood with insomnia symptoms in...
Parents should help their children with better sleep patterns, along with any problem behavioural issues, because this can lead to severe insomnia in middle...
