Oct. 1, 2020 — A mindfulness-based stress reduction course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions of pain, mood and functional ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — A new database analysis of approximately 80,000 patients shows that people with Parkinson's disease (PD) have a 30 percent higher death rate from COVID-19 than people without the ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — In September 2015, the US National Institutes of Health placed a funding moratorium on research that involves introducing human pluripotent stem cells into animal embryos. To assess attitudes on ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has shifted many of our interactions online, with Zoom video calls replacing in-person classes, work meetings, conferences and other events. Will all that screen time damage ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — New research suggests that breast and lung tumors metastasize by hijacking a neural signaling pathway, potentially opening the door to better diagnostics and ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — Researchers reveal how subanesthetic ketamine, which is used for pain management and as an antidepressant in humans, is effective in treating adult amblyopia, a brain disorder commonly known as ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — A new analysis, using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium -- a state of acute confusion associated with a ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — When people have the option to click 'like' on a media article they encounter online, they spend less time actually reading the text, a new study suggests. In a lab experiment, researchers ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — People with generalized epilepsy who have seizures arising from both sides of the brain simultaneously, have a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared to patients who have focal ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Can't stop checking social media for the latest COVID-19 health information? You might want to take a break, according to researchers who discovered that excessive use of social media for ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Scientists have achieved another first in the field of connectomics, which studies the synaptic connections between neurons. The lab has produced the first pathoconnectome, showing how eye disease ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) called deep learning can help rapidly detect blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the head, potentially speeding the onset of ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Parkinson's disease is most commonly treated with levodopa, but the benefits wear off as the disease progresses and high doses can result in dyskinesia, which are involuntary and uncontrollable ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Extracurricular sport in middle childhood diminishes subsequent ADHD symptoms in girls, but not in boys, a new study ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Noise can make or break a dining experience, according to a laboratory study replicating common noise levels in restaurants. The acoustic experts say the study proves that high noise levels can play ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Some people are at higher risk of developing obesity because they possess genetic variants that affect how the brain processes sensory information and regulates feeding and behavior. The findings ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Proven fact: we remember our altruistic behavior more easily than selfish actions or misdeeds that go against our own moral sense. Described as 'unethical amnesia' by scientists, it is ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Scientists have built a computer 'brain circuit', or artificial neural network, that mirrors human decision-making processes and sheds light on how circuits might be altered in psychiatric ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Women who have suffered unexplained repeated pregnancy loss (uRPL) have altered perceptions and brain responses to male body odors, in comparison to those with no history of uRPL, suggests a new ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling ...
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