From the Elsevier media release: The older the clinician, the more likely they are to think playing video games leads to violent behavior, according to new research published in Computers in Human Behavior. Psychology professor Dr.…
From the University of Florida media release: Stroke victims who use Medicaid or are uninsured were more likely to die, stay hospitalized longer and have worse medical outcomes than patients with private insurance, a study by…
From the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care media release: Safinamide (trade name: Xadago) has been available since February 2015 as add-on therapy for the treatment of mid- to late-stage Parkinson disease in adults.…
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) media release: Alzheimer’s disease is associated with the appearance of characteristic neurotoxic protein aggregates in various regions in the brain. Chemical analysis of these insoluble deposits reveals that they are made…
From the VIB (Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology) media release: BACE1 is the major drug target for Alzheimer’s disease, but we know surprisingly little about its normal function in the CNS. Soraia Barão and Bart…
From the University of Southampton media release: Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a molecule that acts as an exercise mimic, which could potentially help treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. The new…
From the The Endocrine Society media release: People who have diabetes and experience high rates of complications are more likely to develop dementia as they age than people who have fewer diabetic complications, according to…
From the Iowa State University media release: The fact that obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers is well known. But a new Iowa State University study adds to the growing evidence…
From the King’s College London media release: One in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels — over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each…
From the Oxford University Press USA media release: With the number of individuals affected by cognitive decline expected to rise over the next few decades, investigating its potential causes is of major public health interest.…