by University of California, San Francisco Women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease, and scientists at UC San Francisco now have evidence from research in both humans and mice that this is because they have genetic protection from the ravages of the disease. By virtue of having a second X chromosome, women...
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis, France -26 Aug 2020: Depression or anxiety in adolescence is linked with a 20% greater likelihood of having a heart attack mid-life, according to research released today at ESC Congress 2020.1 In a warning to parents, study author Dr. Cecilia Bergh of Örebro University in Sweden, said: “Be vigilant...
Two new evidence reviews related to acute musculoskeletal injuries like strains and sprains suggest other forms of treatments are as effective as opioids and have less risk of harms to patients. The details of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses, led by McMaster, were published August 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The first article...
Wearable soft mask will be useful for new, cutting-edge sleep and psycho-social studies UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST ANNOUNCING A SOFT NEW WEARABLE EYE MASK FOR USE IN SLEEP AND OTHER STUDIES, LEAD AUTHOR TRISHA ANDREW AT UMASS AMHERST SAYS THAT RECORDING HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR SIGNALS ON OR… view more CREDIT: UMASS AMHERST/ANDREW LAB AMHERST, Mass....
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE RED STAIN IS ACE2. THE GREEN PROBE IS STAINING CK18, WHICH IS FOUND IN SUPPORTING CELLS AND MUCUS GLANDS. view more CREDIT: PHOTO BY MENGFEI CHEN Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine, experimenting with a small number of human cell samples, report that the “hook” of cells used by SARS-CoV-2 to latch onto...
Hallucinations are sensory perceptions that appear in the absence of stimuli. Although they are often associated with illnesses such as schizophrenia, these phenomena can occur in the absence of mental ill health. But what explains these uncanny occurrences? Not all hallucinations occur due to psychotic disorders or psychedelic drugs. There are many types of hallucinations....
by University of Bern Using a technique called optogenetics, the activity of cells in the brain can be specifically suppressed with light pulses. Credit: Pascal Gugler / Insel Gruppe Despite our broad understanding of the different brain regions activated during rapid-eye-movement sleep, little is known about what this activity serves for. Researchers at the University...
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MINNEAPOLIS – Even after all of their symptoms are gone, people who have had a concussion take longer to regain complex reaction times, the kind you need in most real-life driving situations on the road, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of...
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER In a new study from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers have developed an optimized cellular platform for delivering Factor 8 to better treat patients with hemophilia A. Hemophilia A is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency in, or the absence of, coagulation Factor 8), an...
by Universitaet Mainz After 21 days in vitro, hippocampal neurons of the rat form many synaptic contacts and communicate with each other. Within the study such neuronal networks cultivated on multi-electrode arrays were used to invest the synaptogenic function of α2δ-subunits. Credit: ill. by Artur Bikbaev The ability of the human brain to process and...
