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In Wisconsin, hopes rise for production of a lifesaving radioactive isotope

In a cornfield here, past the shuttered General Motors plant and the Janesville Terrace trailer home park, a facility not seen in the United States in three decades could soon rise: a manufacturing plant that will make a vital radioactive isotope used to detect cancer and other potentially fatal maladies in millions of people every year.

16 Jan 2018

Expert discusses how to identify, support individuals with drug or alcohol addiction in workplace

As businesses in the UK become more aware of the impact that alcohol and drugs have on safety and productivity in the workplace, many have implemented professional procedures for testing employees for both substances.

16 Jan 2018

Top nutrients needed to boost mood and energy levels on Blue Monday

Boost your mood and energy levels this Blue Monday (15 January) by topping up on key nutrients missing from your diet, namely vitamin D, B12 and magnesium, say natural health company BetterYou.

16 Jan 2018

IBV develops platform that helps companies to diagnose wellbeing of their workforce

The Biomechanics Institute of the Universitat de València has developed a platform to diagnose the wellbeing of the workforce and help companies undertake health promotion measures.

15 Jan 2018

"Baby brain" a real clinical entity finds study

Pregnant women are often forgetful and inattentive. This is called “baby brain” and has been recognized as a real entity by researchers now.

15 Jan 2018

Circadian clock proteins set the pace of plant growth

Scientists at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Spain have identified the members of a protein family linked with the internal clocks of plants that act sequentially to restrict plant growth until just before daylight, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology.

15 Jan 2018

Transcendental Meditation technique offers relief for veterans suffering from PTSD

Veterans of the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder found significant relief from their symptoms as a result of practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a new study published in Military Medicine.

12 Jan 2018

Evidence suggests two patterns of early symptoms precede and predict later BD risk

Two patterns of antecedent or "prodromal" psychiatric symptoms may help to identify young persons at increased risk of developing bipolar disorder (BD), according to a new analysis in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

12 Jan 2018

Humanitarian program decreases stress hormone levels in adolescents affected by war

A new study shows that a humanitarian program to improve the mental health of adolescents affected by the Syrian war has decreased levels of cortisol (a hormone associated with stress) in participants by a third.

12 Jan 2018

People with family history of heart attack may be more at risk

The president of the American Heart Association, Dr John Warner, had a minor heart attack recently during a scientific conference held in California.

12 Jan 2018

Research provides insights into mechanisms governing healthy longevity

Keio University Global Research Institute, Tokyo publishes the January 2018 issue of KGRI Research Frontiers that includes researcher video profiles of Keio University researchers and research highlights from high impact publications including 'Regenerative medicine needs collaboration in and out of science in order to face current and future challenges; ‘Does eating fish protect you from depression?’; ‘Insights into the molecular mechanisms leading to kidney dysfunction in diabetic patients’; and ‘Ageing to 100 and beyond: Insights from demographic, phenotypic and genetic studies.

12 Jan 2018

Study reveals how dengue virus replicates without triggering the body's defenses

A new study reveals how dengue virus manages to reproduce itself in an infected person without triggering the body's normal defenses. Duke researchers report that dengue pulls off this hoax by co-opting a specialized structure within host cells for its own purposes, like a lazy roommate sneaking bits of his laundry into the communal wash.

11 Jan 2018

Human cardiac-muscle patches improve recovery from heart attack injury

Large, human cardiac-muscle patches created in the lab have been tested, for the first time, on large animals in a heart attack model. This clinically relevant approach showed that the patches significantly improved recovery from heart attack injury.

11 Jan 2018

Researcher provides insight into how stress causes physical symptoms and disease

A Michigan State University researcher is providing new insight into how certain types of stress interact with immune cells and can regulate how these cells respond to allergens, ultimately causing physical symptoms and disease.

10 Jan 2018

Stress accelerates development of pancreatic cancer, study shows

A new study shows that stress accelerates the development of pancreatic cancer by triggering the release of "fight-or-flight" hormones. Beta-blockers--commonly used medications that inhibit these hormones--were found to increase survival in a mouse model of the disease.

10 Jan 2018

Changing belief patterns about causes of mental illness may increase social acceptance

Belief that mental illness is biological has increased among both health experts and the public in recent years.

10 Jan 2018

Deportation fears linked to cardiovascular health risk factors in Latinas

A recent study conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health found that worry about deportations was associated with multiple cardiovascular health risk factors in Latinas from California's Salinas Valley, an area with a large immigrant community.

9 Jan 2018

Researchers discover why exercise is good and high blood pressure is bad for the heart

When the heart is put under stress during exercise, it is considered healthy. Yet stress due to high blood pressure is bad for the heart. Why? And is this always the case? Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research and of Heidelberg University Hospital have obtained new findings which indicate that a previously undetected signal pathway causes or protects from heart failure - depending on the type of stress.

9 Jan 2018

Study finds greater attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD

Fireworks on nights other than the fourth of July or New Year's Eve might be nothing more than inconsiderate neighbors, but for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the shock of noise and light may trigger a deeply learned expectation of danger.

9 Jan 2018

Grateful disposition linked to lesser drug use, study finds

People who feel a sense of gratitude tend to be happier, healthier and better in dealing with stress. Two psychologists from the National University of Singapore conducted a study on male drug abusers and they discovered that having a grateful disposition was associated with lesser drug use.

9 Jan 2018

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In Wisconsin, hopes rise for production of a lifesaving radioactive isotope

Expert discusses how to identify, support individuals with drug or alcohol addiction in workplace

Top nutrients needed to boost mood and energy levels on Blue Monday

IBV develops platform that helps companies to diagnose wellbeing of their workforce

"Baby brain" a real clinical entity finds study

Circadian clock proteins set the pace of plant growth

Transcendental Meditation technique offers relief for veterans suffering from PTSD

Evidence suggests two patterns of early symptoms precede and predict later BD risk

Humanitarian program decreases stress hormone levels in adolescents affected by war

People with family history of heart attack may be more at risk

Research provides insights into mechanisms governing healthy longevity

Study reveals how dengue virus replicates without triggering the body's defenses

Human cardiac-muscle patches improve recovery from heart attack injury

Researcher provides insight into how stress causes physical symptoms and disease

Stress accelerates development of pancreatic cancer, study shows

Changing belief patterns about causes of mental illness may increase social acceptance

Deportation fears linked to cardiovascular health risk factors in Latinas

Researchers discover why exercise is good and high blood pressure is bad for the heart

Study finds greater attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD

Grateful disposition linked to lesser drug use, study finds

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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