From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Why are older people especially vulnerable to becoming victims of fraud? A new UCLA study indicates that an important clue may lie in a particular region of the…
From the King’s College London press release via EurekAlert!: New research helps explain why some teenagers are more prone to drinking alcohol than others. The study, led by King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry (IoP)…
From the UBC press release: A scientist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the molecule that controls a scissor-like protein responsible for the production of plaques – the telltale…
From the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design have developed a synthetic compound that, in a mouse model, successfully prevents the…
From the BYU press release: Most people know when to be afraid and when it’s ok to calm down. But new research on autism shows that children with the diagnosis struggle to let go of…
From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via ScienceDaily: People are able to detect, within a split second, if a hurtful action they are witnessing is intentional or accidental, new research on…
From the Thomas Jefferson University press release via Newswise: Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined…
From the King’s College London press release via HealthCanal: New research suggests that the molecular mechanism leading to schizophrenia may be different in patients who fail to respond to anti-psychotic medication compared to patients who…
From the University of Queensland press release via HealthCanal: Physical exercise is just as important as cognitive exercise when it comes to maintaining a healthy brain, according to a new University of Queensland study released…
From the Frontiers press release via EurekAlert!: Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention…