From the University of Royal Holloway London media release: A new study has revealed stroke patients receiving emergency clot busting drugs, the correct dose of which depends on the patient’s weight, may be receiving the wrong…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: “Blink and you’ll miss it” isn’t only for eyelids. The human brain also blinks, dropping a few frames of visual information here and there. Those lapses of attention come…
From the Texas A&M University media release: Heroin use has increased a staggering 63 percent over the last 10 years according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That increase, according to the agency,…
From the Vanderbilt University media release: When you see a familiar face, when a bird-watcher catches a glimpse of a rare bird perched on a limb, or when a car-fancier spots a classic auto driving past,…
From the University of California – San Diego media release: Patients with glioblastoma, a type of malignant brain tumor, usually survive fewer than 15 months following diagnosis. Since there are no effective treatments for the deadly…
From the Lund University media release: Our brains not only contain learning mechanisms but also forgetting mechanisms that erase “unnecessary” learning. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now been able to describe one…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem media release: Major depression now believed to be caused by abnormalities in immune cells of the brain; may revolutionize next-generation psychiatric medication treatment, according to Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers.…
From the Wayne State University Division of Research media release: More than one million people in the United States are afflicted with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the brain that affects movement and coordination. The…
From the American Osteopathic Association media release: Researchers from the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine are nearing development of a blood test that can accurately detect the presence of Alzheimer’s disease, which would give physicians…
From the Rutgers University media release: Can you imagine a drug that would make it easier to learn a language, sharpen your memory and help those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by rewiring the brain and…