Archive: 21/10/2016

How social anxiety can be overcome with internet

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a study analyzes the effects of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders ...

Oct 21, 2016

Treatment approach used in cancer holds promise for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have developed a novel treatment that could block the development of Alzheimer's disease using microscopic droplets of fat to carry drugs into the brain. This treatment approach, which is used to target drugs ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Research on gut bacteria may change the way we look at anxiety, depression, and behavioural disorders

If aliens were to examine a human, they would think we were just slavish organisms designed to feed microbes and carry them around. Our bodies contain 10 times more bacteria than cells, and there are an estimated 3.3 million ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Osteoporosis treatment rates no longer rising in UK

Prescription rates of anti-osteoporotic drugs (AOD) to people aged 50 years or above have stabilised in men, and decreased in women since 2006, following a rise from rates in 1990, a new Southampton study has shown.

Oct 21, 2016

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New approach for Parkinson's diagnosis with flux compensator

A new project for the early detection of Parkinson's disease with strongly magnetized xenon gas has been initiated at FMP. The team led by physicist Leif Schröder has received a three-year grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Do online tools change online behaviour?

Do we behave better online if we think someone is watching?

Oct 21, 2016

Roots of resistance to cancer drugs runs deeper than a single gene

Searching for more individual genes to predict responses to breast cancer therapy may not work, a new study suggests. Instead, scientists and clinicians need to pay attention to abnormalities in networks of genes, Yale researchers ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Gut mast cells are influenced by antibiotics

Gut microbiota can influence intestinal mast cells (MMC) activation through the ingestion of fat, according to findings published in Gastroenterology.

Oct 21, 2016

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Neurons adjust their proteins during homeostatic scaling

Learning and memory formation are based on our brain's ability to adjust and regulate neuronal network activity. Neurons communicate at specialized structures known as synapses, and they are able to control the strength of ...

Oct 21, 2016

Higher education levels can reduce mortality especially in older people

Over the last century, life expectancy rose on average by three months a year. However, this progress has been uneven across educational groups. Highly educated people who systematically display the highest life expectancy ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Archive: 21/10/2016

How social anxiety can be overcome with internet

Treatment approach used in cancer holds promise for Alzheimer's disease

Research on gut bacteria may change the way we look at anxiety, depression, and behavioural disorders

Osteoporosis treatment rates no longer rising in UK

New approach for Parkinson's diagnosis with flux compensator

Do online tools change online behaviour?

Roots of resistance to cancer drugs runs deeper than a single gene

Gut mast cells are influenced by antibiotics

Neurons adjust their proteins during homeostatic scaling

Higher education levels can reduce mortality especially in older people

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