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Specific protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed

Researchers have discovered that a particular protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed or forgotten.

3 Oct 2021

Aerobic exercise can help accelerate recovery after sport-related concussion in adolescents

Adolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured, according to a new University at Buffalo study.

1 Oct 2021

New report evaluates the impact of climate change on health

Tomorrow, Wednesday 29th September, the Action for Global Health network will release a new report on “Health Inequalities and Climate Change”, calling for ambitious action to tackle climate change for the health of people and the planet.

1 Oct 2021

50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act failed to reduce illicit drug supply, expert says

The 50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act, which provides the primary legislation for our drug laws, has failed to reduce illicit drug supply, use, and harms and was designed, and continues to be used, as a tool of systemic racism, argues Lord Simon Woolley in The BMJ today.

30 Sep 2021

Diverse vaccine attitudes amongst UK healthcare workers suggest hesitancy may remain after vaccine acceptance

In a recent paper, the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy is further explored amongst UK healthcare workers.

30 Sep 2021

Wiggling worms offer new clues into the potential impact of diet on Alzheimer's

Worms don't wiggle when they have Alzheimer's disease. Yet something helped worms with the disease hold onto their wiggle in Professor Jessica Tanis's lab at the University of Delaware.

29 Sep 2021

Psychological treatment provides potent and durable relief for chronic back pain, study finds

Rethinking what causes pain and how great of a threat it is can provide chronic pain patients with lasting relief and alter brain networks associated with pain processing, according to new University of Colorado Boulder-led research.

29 Sep 2021

Stigmatization prevents many lessons of HIV pandemic from reaching the society

The HIV pandemic hit the LGBTQI+ community particularly early: people who were already stigmatized.

29 Sep 2021

Buck Institute receives $14 million NIH grant to focus on one of the major drivers of aging

Buck Institute professors Judith Campisi, PhD and Lisa Ellerby PhD, have been awarded a $14.3 million grant from the NIH's National Institute of Aging to study cellular senescence, one of the major hallmarks of aging, as a driver of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related dementias.

29 Sep 2021

Scientists link insulin resistance to increased risk of developing major depressive disorder

Stanford Medicine scientists have linked insulin resistance to an increased risk of developing a major depressive disorder.

29 Sep 2021

Artificial intelligence tool to predict the risk of psychotic illness

One-third of children with a microdeletion of chromosome 22 will later develop a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia. But how do we know which of these children might be affected? Today, various studies have contributed to the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that are associated with the development of psychotic illnesses.

29 Sep 2021

Research provides the basis for an additional novel immunotherapy for multiple myeloma patients

Oncotarget published "Multipeptide stimulated PBMCs generate TEM/TCM for adoptive cell therapy in multiple myeloma" which reported that Multiple Myeloma patients suffer disease relapse due to the development of therapeutic resistance. Increasing evidence suggests that immunotherapeutic strategies can provide durable responses.

29 Sep 2021

Research finds increases in 'pandemic brain' after COVID-19 lockdowns

Chances are, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected your health — even if you have never been infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). According to new research from Harvard Medical School, the stress of isolation from lockdown and stay-at-home measures is making people sick.

29 Sep 2021

Studies outline different aspects of child and adolescent health

The latest special issue of PLOS Medicine outlines different aspects of child and adolescent health and development, and the social determinants of health.

29 Sep 2021

Study reports on ex vivo drug delivery system for delivering MSCs to kidney disease patients

Scientists are reporting promising results in the early stages of a clinical trial designed to gauge the feasibility of a new type of treatment for people with acute kidney disease.

28 Sep 2021

Depression in early adulthood may lead to cognitive decline in old age

While research has shown that poor cardiovascular health can damage blood flow to the brain increasing the risk for dementia, a new study led by UC San Francisco indicates that poor mental health may also take its toll on cognition.

28 Sep 2021

Novel mind-body intervention found to be highly beneficial for treating chronic back pain

Chronic back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In the United States, patients spend up to $300 billion each year to treat the condition, according to a 2012 study published in the Journal of Pain.

28 Sep 2021

Researchers find cliché-sounding behavioral patterns from first coronavirus lockdown

In a crisis, women make significantly longer phone calls and adhere more closely to governmental measures than men; men are less likely to have their mobility restricted and return to normal more quickly than women.

28 Sep 2021

Supercoiling and looping can transmit mechanical stress along the DNA backbone, research shows

When people think of DNA, they visualize a string-like double helix structure. In reality, the DNA double helix in cells is supercoiled and constrained into loops. This supercoiling and looping are known to influence every aspect of DNA activity, but how this happens has not been clear.

28 Sep 2021

NYU wins roughly $4 million federal grant to protect transit workers from COVID-19

NYU School of Global Public Health researchers have been awarded a five-year, roughly $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study efforts to protect New York City transit workers from COVID-19 and how these infection prevention and control programs impact the health and well-being of frontline workers.

27 Sep 2021

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Specific protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed

Aerobic exercise can help accelerate recovery after sport-related concussion in adolescents

New report evaluates the impact of climate change on health

50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act failed to reduce illicit drug supply, expert says

Diverse vaccine attitudes amongst UK healthcare workers suggest hesitancy may remain after vaccine acceptance

Wiggling worms offer new clues into the potential impact of diet on Alzheimer's

Psychological treatment provides potent and durable relief for chronic back pain, study finds

Stigmatization prevents many lessons of HIV pandemic from reaching the society

Buck Institute receives $14 million NIH grant to focus on one of the major drivers of aging

Scientists link insulin resistance to increased risk of developing major depressive disorder

Artificial intelligence tool to predict the risk of psychotic illness

Research provides the basis for an additional novel immunotherapy for multiple myeloma patients

Research finds increases in 'pandemic brain' after COVID-19 lockdowns

Studies outline different aspects of child and adolescent health

Study reports on ex vivo drug delivery system for delivering MSCs to kidney disease patients

Depression in early adulthood may lead to cognitive decline in old age

Novel mind-body intervention found to be highly beneficial for treating chronic back pain

Researchers find cliché-sounding behavioral patterns from first coronavirus lockdown

Supercoiling and looping can transmit mechanical stress along the DNA backbone, research shows

NYU wins roughly $4 million federal grant to protect transit workers from COVID-19

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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