Archive: 19/11/2015

Can a website keep suicidal thoughts away? Study in stressed young doctors suggests so

If you think your life is stressful, try being a new doctor.

Nov 19, 2015

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Children from chaotic homes benefit from time in child care, study finds

Regularly attending child care may have numerous developmental benefits for children who live in chaotic, disorganized home environments, suggests a new study.

Nov 19, 2015

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Brains with autism adapt differently during implicit learning

Carnegie Mellon University scientists have discovered a crucial difference in the way learning occurs in the brains of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Nov 19, 2015

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Walking faster or longer linked to significant cardiovascular benefits in older adults

In a large prospective community-based study of older Americans, modest physical activity was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This was true even among men and women older than age 75 at baseline ...

Nov 19, 2015

Intelligent gel attacks cancer

A new injectable 'biogel' is effective in delivering anti-cancer agents directly into cancerous tumours and killing them. This technology, developed by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), ...

Nov 19, 2015

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Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research

The ability to grow three-dimensional precursors of an organ from stem cells in a Petri dish has brought about a revolution in the field of biomedicine. But exactly what can be researched on such an organoid in vitro? A team ...

Nov 19, 2015

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Progress toward preventing HIV highlighted in special issue of AIDS research and human retroviruses

New and emerging biomedical pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) approaches to prevent HIV infection in targeted high-risk populations offer the most effective near-term strategy to reduce HIV transmission. The latest outcomes ...

Nov 19, 2015

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Key molecular players in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes identified

There is strong evidence that inflammation promotes obesity-associated type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications. However, clinical trials with anti-inflammatory drugs have only been modestly effective for treating Type ...

Nov 19, 2015

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Deciphering the role of brain layers

New research from the Department of Developmental Neurobiology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, sheds light into the role of layers in the brain. The study, published today ...

Nov 19, 2015

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Brainstem 'stop neurons' make us halt when we walk

A population of 'stop cells' in the brainstem is essential for the ability of mice to stop their locomotion, according to a new study by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. In an article published in the journal ...

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