by Mariah R. Lucas, Pennsylvania State University Co-authors Atip Lawanprasert, doctoral student in biomedical engineering (left), Sopida Pimcharoen, undergraduate student in biomedical engineering (center) and Scott Medina (right), Penn State associate professor of biomedical engineering, analyze results related to their study of combining the anticoagulant heparin with peptide to slow down the medication’s delivery at...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Objective measurement of psychiatric disorders has long proved challenging. Yet, there is ample evidence that analysis of speech patterns can accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure their severity, and predict their onset, according to a literature review featured in the January/February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry....
by Graciela Gutierrez, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide and as our life expectancy increases, more individuals are expected to be affected in the coming decades. Tauopathies such as Alzheimer’s disease are a class of neurodegenerative disorders involving an accumulation of tau proteins, which eventually results...
by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease...
When it comes to seeing, it can be convenient to overlook potential red flags that may lead to poor or toxic relationships. Actually many of these manners aren’t even recognizable inside their early stages. But since left unchecked, these warning can turn in big problems that you’ll have to manage down, potentially ultimately causing separation...
by University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The human brain holds many clues about a person’s long-term health—in fact, research shows that a person’s brain age is a more useful and accurate predictor of health risks and future disease than their birthdate. Now, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that analyzes magnetic resonance...
December 22, 2022by Kyle Melnick ADHD currently affects roughly six percent of the world’s children. A group of researchers based out of Aalto University, Åbo Akademi Universit, and the University of Helsinki has developed a VR game that can supposedly help diagnose attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The kid-friendly interactive experience uses a combination of machine...
Researchers use the body to harvest waste energy to power wearable devices. While you may be just starting to reap the advantages of 5G wireless technology, researchers throughout the world are already working hard on the future: 6G. One of the most promising breakthroughs in 6G telecommunications is the possibility of Visible Light Communication (VLC), which is like a wireless...
Have you ever been cut off while driving and found yourself swearing and laying on the horn? Or come home from a long day at work and lashed out at whoever left the dishes unwashed? From petty anger to the devastating violence we see in the news, acts of aggression can be difficult to comprehend....
JANUARY 5TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS GENETICS, NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY Scientists at MIT have developed an optogenetics technique that can lead to long-term changes in neuronal excitability by altering neuronal membrane capacitance. Unlike conventional optogenetics, which involves using light to rapidly activate ion channels on engineered neurons, the new technique relies on a light-sensitive reaction to increase the...
