From the Emory Health Sciences media release: Intensive behavioral intervention can be effective at eliminating pica, which is the repeated ingestion of inedible substances, researchers from Marcus Autism Center report. The findings are published in…
From the Nova Southeastern University media release: Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers recently discovered that, contrary to prior belief, tissues of different mammalian organs have very different abilities to repair damage to their DNA. These…
From the JAMA Network Journals media release: Interventions to prevent delirium that do not involve prescription drugs and have multiple components appeared to be effective at reducing delirium and preventing falls in hospitalized older patients,…
From the Goethe University Frankfurt media release: Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. In Germany alone, almost half a million people are affected. The focus of the disease is the progressive degeneration…
From the Indiana University media release: Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research report that waking intensive care unit patients and having them breathe on their own decreased both…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: Commonly prescribed, older drugs for arthritis and pain may increase the risk of death from stroke, according to a study published in the November 5, 2014, online…
From the American Society of Nephrology media release: Aerobic physical activity is strongly linked with better health-related quality of life, fewer depressive symptoms, and prolonged life in kidney failure patients on dialysis. The findings, which…
From the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News media release: The cause of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome is not known. However, the results of a new study that compares brain activity in individuals with…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder media release: Over the last decade, neuroscientists have largely come to believe that physical pain and social pain are processed by the brain in the same way. But…
From the Université de Genève media release: A lot of research has shown that poor regulation of the serotonin system, caused by certain genetic variations, can increase the risk of developing psychiatric illnesses such as…