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Study sheds new light on role of childhood abuse in chronic depression

An innovative study published by Eva-Lotta Brakemeier and her Group shed new light on the role of childhood abuse in chronic depression and borderline personality disorder.

8 Mar 2018

Research could help design effective activities to train the brain to avoid dyslexia

The ability of the brain to synchronize with the tone and intonation of speech influences how language is processed. This concludes a study by the Basque research center BCBL, whose results could help design more effective activities to train the brain in order to avoid future disorders such as dyslexia.

8 Mar 2018

Innovative psychotherapeutic treatment protocol for obsessive-compulsive disorders

An innovative psychotherapeutic treatment protocol is presented in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Exposure and ritual prevention (ERP) treats obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but only some patients achieve minimal symptoms at treatment completion.

8 Mar 2018

Study investigates use of drugs for the stomach and risk of major depressive disorder

A new study investigating the relationship between one of the commonest type of drugs used for protecting the stomach is presented in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

8 Mar 2018

Researchers show complex link between physical, behavioral characteristics and brain health

Mount Sinai researchers have shown, for the first time, the complex web of links between physical and behavioral characteristics, like age, body mass index (BMI), and substance use, and specific patterns of brain structure and function in patients with psychosis.

7 Mar 2018

Researchers discover link between hypothyroidism and wound healing complications

Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a link between low thyroid hormone levels and wound healing complications.

7 Mar 2018

Study identifies genetic defect linked to heart failure in African Americans

Heart failure is more common, develops earlier and results in higher rates of illness and death in African Americans than in whites.

7 Mar 2018

Oral precancerous lesions in non-smokers more likely to progress to cancer, study finds

Precancerous lesions in the mouths of non-smokers are more likely to progress to cancer than those in smokers, new research from the University of British Columbia has found.

7 Mar 2018

Slow-release injectable gel boosts toxicity of cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs

An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel invented at Rice University in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston appears to be highly effective at killing cancer cells.

7 Mar 2018

ACC to introduce new clinical data tool for EMS providers

Every day across the United States, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers triage and safely transport myocardial infarction (MI) patients to the hospital.

7 Mar 2018

Researchers determine cause of difficult-to-control mitochondrial diseases

A Japanese research group has discovered that taurine is conjugated with mitochondrial transfer RNAs (tRNAs), small RNAs that decode genetic information, and that taurine deficiency in tRNA dramatically reduces both mitochondrial protein translation and impairs mitochondrial membrane integrity.

7 Mar 2018

Prevention and treatment of drug-induced hearing loss

A new special publication orchestrated by five of the nation's leading hearing experts compiles the latest research into hearing loss caused by drugs and solvents - how it occurs, how to treat it, and how to prevent it.

7 Mar 2018

Study sheds new light on seasonal skin changes

A new British Journal of Dermatology study provides information that may help explain why many people experience eczema and dry skin in the winter.

7 Mar 2018

New marker involved in lymphatic system linked to increased risk of heart failure

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new marker in the blood that is associated with an increased risk of heart failure.

7 Mar 2018

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Federal researchers have discovered that severe stress or trauma early in life could actually change how the brain responds to stress hormones, essentially "re-wiring" the brain for later neuropathological disorders, according to a study, "A role for corticotrophin releasing factor signaling in the lateral habenula and its modulation by early life stress," published in Science Signaling, March 6.

7 Mar 2018

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Study sheds new light on role of childhood abuse in chronic depression

Research could help design effective activities to train the brain to avoid dyslexia

Innovative psychotherapeutic treatment protocol for obsessive-compulsive disorders

Study investigates use of drugs for the stomach and risk of major depressive disorder

Researchers show complex link between physical, behavioral characteristics and brain health

Researchers discover link between hypothyroidism and wound healing complications

Study identifies genetic defect linked to heart failure in African Americans

Oral precancerous lesions in non-smokers more likely to progress to cancer, study finds

Slow-release injectable gel boosts toxicity of cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs

ACC to introduce new clinical data tool for EMS providers

Researchers determine cause of difficult-to-control mitochondrial diseases

Prevention and treatment of drug-induced hearing loss

Study sheds new light on seasonal skin changes

New marker involved in lymphatic system linked to increased risk of heart failure

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Researchers reveal new molecular target to help ease asthma symptoms

Graduate students more likely to experience depression and anxiety, survey finds

Technology-based program increases cardiac rehab referral rates

Study finds little variation in health benefits of long-term diets

PSA screening for prostate cancer is not effective, report researchers

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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