Archive: 15/12/2016

Analyzing brain patterns may help scientists increase people's confidence, reduce fear

A new technique of analyzing brain patterns appears to help people overcome fear and build self-confidence.

Dec 15, 2016

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Britain first country to approve 'three-parent' babies (Update 2)

Britain is set to become the first country in the world to legally offer "three-parent baby" fertility treatments after regulators gave the green light.

Dec 15, 2016

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Drugmakers set to gain as taxpayers foot new opioid costs

Critics say the answer pharmaceutical companies are pushing to address the ongoing opioid crisis boosts their profits while forcing taxpayers to shoulder the costs.

Dec 15, 2016

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Visuo-olfactory social affective matching in childhood

Psychologists and neuroscientists have thoroughly investigated olfactory behaviours in newborns and adults, but relatively little is known about the characteristics of the sense of smell during infancy and adolescence. In ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Combination of environmental stressors could mean more cognitive impairment for vulnerable older adults

Even with key steps taken to decrease air pollution in recent decades, there are serious health effects connected to auto exhaust and other pollutants in the air we breathe, especially for older adults.

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Tracking down therapy-resistant leukaemia cells

Dr. Irmela Jeremias from Helmholtz Zentrum München and her colleagues have succeeded in finding a small population of inactive leukaemia cells that is responsible for relapse of the disease. Now the way is paved for research ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Aspirin slows growth of colon, pancreatic tumor cells

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University and Oregon State University have found that aspirin may slow the spread of some types of colon and pancreatic cancer cells. The paper is published in the American Journal ...

Dec 15, 2016

Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution

Pilloried for their role in the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse, drugmakers are aggressively pushing their remedy to the problem: a new generation of harder-to-manipulate opioids that have racked up billions in ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Study: Premium hikes add $10B to taxpayers' health law tab (Update)

Taxpayers will fork over nearly $10 billion more next year to cover double-digit premium hikes for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's law, according to a study being released Thursday.

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Addition of MRI after 20-week scan could provide more certainty in diagnosing fetal brain abnormalities

An extra scan using MRI could help to more accurately detect brain abnormalities and give more certainty for parents whose mid-pregnancy ultrasound scan showed a potential problem, according to a study published in The Lancet.

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