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An infection may contribute to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by damaging the gut nervous...
Sometimes the end of an intestinal infection is just the beginning of more misery.
Of those who contract traveler's diarrhea, for example, an unlucky...
OxiCool – New air conditioning system that offers zero emissions
An air conditioning system that offers zero emissions, cools the house with water and is powered by natural gas was getting attention this week...
Gentamicin and G418 were effective at correcting genetic mutations associated with a specific form...
Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine have found that a class of antibiotics called aminoglycosides could be a promising treatment for...
Antipsychotic treatment help patients to adopt a healthier lifestyle and increase lifespan
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their colleagues in Germany, the USA and Finland have studied the safety of very long-term antipsychotic therapy...
What happens in our brain when we have completed a postponed task?
Placing a checkmark on the to-do list is an extremely liberating feeling for many eager list lovers, especially when the task has been postponed...
Researchers have found that virtual reality (VR) may interfere with visual memory
Kyoko Hine, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology and a research team at Tokyo Denki University...
Israel’s Defense Ministry unveiled powerful laser-based interception and defensive systems
The new technology is key for the delivery of laser effects on target within a short time. It will enable the development of laser...
Children as young as four already associate power with masculinity
As early as 4 years old, children associate power and masculinity, even in countries considered to be more egalitarian like Norway.
This is what...
What role do emotions play in addictive behavior ?
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes – and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost of...
Foods that have less explicitly textured surfaces are perceived to be tastier but not...
New research has demonstrated how food producers could change the surface texture of products to change people’s perceptions and promote healthy eating.
The study, led...
New strain of virus SARS could be the source of pneumonia outbreak
China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS,...
Maternal depression – Antidepressant create an alteration of placental serotonin levels
About one in ten women in Québec will suffer from depression during pregnancy. Without treatment, the illness carries risks for both mother and child....
Study connects enterovirus A7 to a large outbreak of neurological illness in the US...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases recently published the results of an observational study led by researchers on Children’s Hospital Colorado Infectious Disease and Neurology teams, along...
The physical and mental activity can counteract the neurodegenerative disease
A physically and mentally active lifestyle confers resilience to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), even in people whose genetic profile makes the eventual development of the...
Maternal neglect generate abnormal activation of the brain’s auditory cortex – parvalbumin neurons
The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life.
Its circuits readily rewire as an infant and then child encounters new sights...
