Scientists call for screening mammography every two years for most women
Adoption of new guidelines recommending screening mammography every two years for women ages 50 to 74 would result in breast cancer screening that is equally effective, while saving the United States...
View ArticleBlue light may fight fatigue around the clock
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or blue light, during the biological day directly and immediately improves alertness and performance....
View ArticleStopping liver failure from painkiller overdose
(Medical Xpress)—University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller paracetamol (also...
View ArticleFeeling powerless increases the weight of the world... literally
Scientists have found that people who feel powerless actually see the world differently, and find a task to be more physically challenging than those with a greater sense of personal and social power.
View ArticleIs high blood pressure the new HIV epidemic?
High blood pressure could be as devastating to global health as HIV, a group of experts is warning.
View ArticleSymptoms of depression causally linked to risk of coronary heart disease in UK
A report that will be published tomorrow provides strong evidence that the symptoms of depressive disorder are causally associated with the risk of coronary heart disease, and as such should be...
View ArticleSpeech disrupts facial attention in six-month-olds who later develop autism
From birth, infants naturally show a preference for human contact and interaction, including faces and voices. These basic predispositions to social stimuli are altered in individuals diagnosed with...
View ArticleFaces we don't forget: Psychologists explain how attractiveness prevents the...
Psychologists at the University of Jena, Germany, are showing in a new study, that we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones. In the science magazine "Neuropsychologia"...
View ArticleBlack Death may have caused convergent evolution in the immune systems of two...
(Medical Xpress)—Throughout human history, our immune systems have evolved in response to infectious diseases. People with genes that provide resistance to specific pathogens are more likely to survive...
View ArticleMouse study shows gene therapy may be possible cure for Hurler syndrome
Researchers used blood platelets and bone marrow cells to deliver potentially curative gene therapy to mouse models of the human genetic disorder Hurler syndrome – an often fatal condition that causes...
View ArticleTeam finds connection in pathogenesis of neurological diseases, HIV
A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease—misfolded proteins that can lead to neurological...
View ArticleStudy finds high Rx burden for bipolar patients
A study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there despite...
View ArticleImmune cells need a second opinion: Decoding important mechanism which plays...
Bacterial urinary tract infections are a painful nuisance. A team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Bonn Medical Center has now decoded the way in which immune cells communicate...
View ArticlePain sensitivity may be influenced by lifestyle and environment, twin study...
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that sensitivity to pain could be altered by a person's lifestyle and environment throughout their lifetime. The study is the first to find that...
View ArticleStudy finds dramatic rise in skin cancer among middle-aged adults
A new Mayo Clinic study found that among middle-aged men and women, 40 to 60 years old, the overall incidence of skin cancer increased nearly eightfold between 1970 and 2009, according to a study...
View ArticleResearch reveals why diabetes patients are at risk for microvascular...
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased. One of the most common problems results when wounds fail...
View ArticleStudy reveals how cancer cells thrive in oxygen-starved tumors
A new study identifies the molecular pathway that enables cancer cells to grow in areas of a tumor where oxygen levels are low, a condition called hypoxia.
View ArticleMind over matter: Beating pain and painkillers
With nearly one-third of Americans suffering from chronic pain, prescription opioid painkillers have become the leading form of treatment for this debilitating condition. Unfortunately, misuse of...
View ArticleEyeMusic Sensory Substitution Device enables the blind to 'see' colors and...
Using auditory or tactile stimulation, Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) provide representations of visual information and can help the blind "see" colors and shapes. SSDs scan images and transform...
View ArticleUnderstanding fear means correctly defining fear itself, study concludes
Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings of the...
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