Blood pressure medications given right after stroke not beneficial, study finds
A major study has found that giving stroke patients medications to lower their blood pressure during the first 48 hours after a stroke does not reduce the likelihood of death or major disability.
View ArticleInsurance status may influence transfer decisions in trauma cases, study reveals
Emergency rooms are less likely to transfer critically injured patients to trauma centers if they have health insurance, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of...
View ArticleStudy finds nothing so sweet as a voice like your own
Have you ever noticed that your best friends speak the same way? A new University of British Columbia study finds we prefer voices that are similar to our own because they convey a soothing sense of...
View ArticleAdding bevacizumab to initital glioblastoma treatment doesn't improve overall...
Results of a randomized phase III clinical trial conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group determined that adding bevacizumab to initial treatment for glioblastoma did not improve patient...
View ArticleStudy of jazz players shows common brain circuitry processes music and language
The brains of jazz musicians engrossed in spontaneous, improvisational musical conversation showed robust activation of brain areas traditionally associated with spoken language and syntax, which are...
View ArticleStudy discovers genetic disorder causing strokes and vascular inflammation in...
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified gene variants that cause a rare syndrome of sporadic fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood. The team's...
View ArticleMesh for hernia repair reduces recurrence, study suggests
(HealthDay)—Using surgical mesh instead of stitches alone when repairing abdominal hernias appears to reduce the chances the problem will return, a new study suggests.
View ArticleDishonesty and creativity: Two sides of the same coin?
New research shows that lying about performance on one task may increase creativity on a subsequent task by making people feel less bound by conventional rules.
View ArticleSeizing control of brain seizures
(Medical Xpress)—A few years after serving in the Israeli army during the first Gulf War, Daniela Kaufer made a startling discovery about the effect of psychological stress on the brain. As a graduate...
View ArticleHappiness spikes on weekends, even for the unemployed
(Medical Xpress)—Weekends are the best days of the week, not only for workers, but also for the unemployed because they can spend more time with others, according to new Stanford research.
View ArticleStudy links men's work hours to wives' health
(Medical Xpress)—The longer hours men work, the healthier their wives are, according to new research by UT Dallas post-doctoral research associate Dr. Sibyl Kleiner.
View ArticleResearchers provide standardized nomenclature for the architecture of insect...
(Medical Xpress)—When you're talking about something as complex as the brain, the task isn't any easier if the vocabulary being used is just as complex. An international collaboration of...
View ArticleSurprising culprit found in cell recycling defect
(Medical Xpress)—To remain healthy, the body's cells must properly manage their waste recycling centers. Problems with these compartments, known as lysosomes, lead to a number of debilitating and...
View ArticleResearchers discover new way to treat deadly childhood brain cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Toronto's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) have discovered a new way to effectively target a previously difficult-to-treat...
View ArticleSeasonal flu vaccine may cut stroke risk
(Medical Xpress)—Having the seasonal flu jab could reduce the risk of suffering a stroke by almost a quarter, researchers have found.
View ArticleTwo research paths toward identifying schizophrenia risk genes
Schizophrenia has long been known to be highly heritable and is present in approximately 1% of the population. Researchers have been following two paths in their pursuit of identifying schizophrenia...
View ArticleResearchers distinguish subcutaneous from visceral fat stem cells using...
Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) led in the discovery that two little-known fat cell markers have huge potential to assist researchers to further their understanding of...
View ArticleAlcohol is not a direct cause of cognitive impairment in older men: study
Older men who consume alcohol are not more likely to suffer from cognitive impairment in later life, according to researchers from The University of Western Australia.
View ArticleNatural killer cells used to attack spreading cancers
An international research team has found a way to awaken the immune system's ability to kill spreading cancer cells.
View ArticleScientists find possible improved treatment for acetaminophen poisoning
Harvard stem cell scientists studying the effect of nitric oxide on liver growth and regeneration appear to have serendipitously discovered a markedly improved treatment for liver damage caused by...
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