Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way
A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.
Jan 14, 2013
Archive: 14/01/2013
New discovery in autism-related disorder reveals key mechanism in brain development and disease
A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in brain wiring, according to ...
Jan 14, 2013
Twitter can help people lose weight
(Medical Xpress)—Using Twitter can help you achieve a healthy weight. A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network ...
Jan 14, 2013
How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of 'normal mood', termed euthymia.
Jan 14, 2013
Depression after heart attack: Threat perception has to be addressed
Patients who feel strongly threatened by their heart disease immediately after their heart attack have a higher risk of developing depressive symptoms. The data derived from this study can lead to better heart patient management.
Jan 14, 2013
Smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol can be fatal for haemorrhage survivors, study finds
A Finnish study shows that patients who have experienced subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) have a highly increased risk of death due to a stroke or cerebral haemorrhage, and have double the mortality rate of the general population. ...
Jan 14, 2013
