From the Massachusetts General Hospital media release: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified and validated two rare gene mutations that appear to cause the common form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that strikes after the…
From the University of California – Davis Health System media release: Children with a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, who frequently are believed to also have autism, often may be misidentified because the social…
From the Health Behavior News Service media release: Binge eating is a problem affecting both men and women, however obese men who binge are more likely than their female counterparts to have elevated cholesterol and…
From the Northwestern University media release: A fear memory was reduced in people by exposing them to the memory over and over again while they slept. It’s the first time that emotional memory has been…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Most of the time, we try to avoid inflicting pain on others — when we do hurt someone, we typically experience guilt, remorse, or other feelings of…
From the The University of Melbourne media release: An international review led by the University of Melbourne has found children and young people experience poor mental health, depression and anxiety following experiences of racism. The…
From the NIH media release: The structure of the brain may predict whether a person will suffer chronic low back pain, according to researchers who used brain scans. The results, published in the journal Pain, support…
From the Cell Press media release: What if doctors could visualize all of the processes that take place in the brain during the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease? Such a window would provide a…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: New evidence suggests that taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce the risk of stroke. The research appears in the September 18, 2013, online issue of Neurology®,…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: As health care reform takes shape in the U.S., vast amounts of attention have been given to the fact that more and more people with pre-existing illnesses will…