From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: It has been known for years that eating too many foods containing “bad” fats, such as saturated fats or trans fats, isn’t healthy for your heart. However,…
From the American Pain Society press release via Newswise: Training the brain to reduce pain could be a promising approach for treating phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome, according to an internationally known…
From the Dartmouth College press release: Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects of head impacts among student athletes. Tested at the beginning and end of one…
From the IntegraGen press release via EurekAlert!: By focusing on the identification of common genetic variants, researchers have identified 57 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predict—with a high degree of certainty–the risk that siblings of…
From the Cell Press press release: Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren’t just in your head, according to a report published online on May 17 in Current Biology, a…
From the Springer Select press release: A new study, testing the benefits of a virtual exercise partner, shows that the presence of a moderately more capable cycling partner boosts motivation to stick to an exercise…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: A new study suggests that head impacts experienced during contact sports such as football and hockey may worsen some college athletes’ ability to acquire new…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Stories of athletes bravely “playing through the pain” are relatively common and support the widespread belief that they experience pain differently than non-athletes. Yet, the scientific…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via Physorg: The ringing cell phone you’re reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you’re trying to program as you’re frantically rushing…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances…