From the Radboud University Nijmegen press release via EurekAlert!: Drinking during adolescence has both short- and long-term negative health consequences. Prior research has shown that peer influence is one of the most important predictors of…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: Caring for a wife with breast cancer can have a measurable negative effect on men’s health, even years after the cancer diagnosis and completion of treatment,…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: In the world’s largest brain study to date, a team of more than 200 scientists from 100 institutions worldwide collaborated to map the human genes that boost or…
From the University of Missouri press release: Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy, the…
From the UNC press release via HealthCanal: Adolescents’ expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via Newswise: Based on their clinical experience and observations, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians and psychologists say that more than one-third of the patients admitted to The…
From the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute press release via EurekAlert!: In low-income, minority communities, tight-knit social connections — with family members, friends, and neighbors — can lead people to eat healthy and be physically active, but…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have discovered a mutation limited to brain tissue that causes hemimegalencephaly (HMG), a condition where one half of the brain is enlarged and dysfunctional, leading to…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: ‘Coming out’ as gay, lesbian or bisexual may be good for your health, particularly when parental support is involved. A comprehensive new study led by…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal of the International League…