Archive: 11/06/2018

Sensory substitution illuminates cognitive processes while offering therapeutic applications

What are the implications of being able to "listen to a choreography" or "feel a ballet?" Despite the importance of observing the bodily movements of others to understand and predict actions, little is known about the underlying ...

Jun 11, 2018

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Immune system does not recover despite cured hepatitis C infection

Changes to the immune system remain many years after a hepatitis C infection heals, a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Hannover Medical School, Germany, shows. The findings, presented in Nature ...

Jun 11, 2018

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What can be done to stem the rise of military suicides?

As suicide rates among active-duty service members and veterans continue to outpace rates among the general population, researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social ...

Jun 11, 2018

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Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tips

Many parents can be anxious when their child is sick. So looking online for health information can help them understand their child's medical condition and take an active role in treatment. Seeking health information can ...

Jun 11, 2018

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Take part in the biggest anatomy quiz in the world

A medical researcher is appealing for 20,000 members of the public to take part in an online citizen science project about human anatomy.

Jun 11, 2018

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People who 'see the glass as half full' are more likely to fall prey to mass marketing scams

Consumers who perceive the benefits of large sums of money promised in mass marketing scams (MMS) are more likely to discount the risks and fall prey to perpetrators, according to new research co-authored by the University ...

Jun 11, 2018

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Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard

Everyone knows we should exercise more, drink less, and stop scoffing junk food. Even committed smokers know that smoking is bad for them – but change isn't easy.

Jun 11, 2018

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New light shed on mechanisms of paediatric epilepsy

Research by Cardiff University has uncovered the brain activity that underlies absence epilepsy, offering new hope for the development of innovative therapies for this disabling disease.

Jun 11, 2018

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Safety doubts unwarranted, important anti-malarial drug is safe to use, study finds

One of the world's most widely used anti-malarial drugs is safe to use, say researchers, after a thorough review and analysis of nearly 200,000 malaria patients who'd taken the drug dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ).

Jun 11, 2018

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Adolescent childbirth associated with early menopause and hysterectomy

A new study has shown that women who gave birth as adolescents tend to have a greater chance of an early menopause or a hysterectomy. The study, which looked at reproductive histories of women from several countries and income ...

Jun 11, 2018

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