From the Columbia University Medical Center media release: A team of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, led by Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, MD, has found that deficiency of a protein called RbAp48 in…
From the University College London media release: The space surrounding the body (known by scientists as ‘peripersonal space’), which has previously been thought of as having a gradual boundary, has been given physical limits by…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Divorce is associated with an increased risk of future depressive episodes but only for those who already have a history of depression, according to a new study…
From the Ohio State University media release: In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body.…
From the American Heart Association media release: Smoking cigarettes may cause similar stroke risks for men and women, but women smokers may be at greater risk for a more deadly and uncommon type of stroke,…
From the University of Exeter media release: Volunteering may be good for your health, reveals a large systematic review and meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter Medical School. Volunteering can improve mental health and…
From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine media release: A new genome-wide association study (GWAS) estimates the number of different places in the human genome that are involved in schizophrenia. In particular, the…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: It is natural to imagine that the sense of sight takes in the world as it is — simply passing on what the eyes collect from light reflected…
From the Missouri University of Science and Technology media release: Some investment firms are looking at using online videos to bring financial news to their investors. But researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine media release: Perelman School of Medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania report the first biomarker results reported from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), showing that…