Archive: 24/11/2016

Coping with stress from others during the holidays

For many of us, the holiday season can give rise to extra stress. We may feel the weight of hectic schedules, financial strain and more people crammed into less space. Some may strive for an unrealistic ideal of holiday happiness ...

Nov 24, 2016

Power poses don't help and could potentially backfire, study shows

The idea behind power poses, that if you stand in a "powerful" position, broad posture, hands on hips, shoulders high and pushed back, you will suddenly feel psychologically and physiologically stronger, is intuitively appealing, ...

Nov 24, 2016

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Brain mechanisms in drug addiction—new brain pathways revealed

UNSW researchers have identified new brain pathways linked to addiction and shown that by manipulating them, drug seeking behaviour and motivation for alcohol can be reduced.

Nov 24, 2016

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Over-confidence about condom skills puts festival goers at risk

A milestone survey* of young people attending a NSW music festival has found that while most of those interviewed felt confident about their condom usage, a significant number had used condoms inconsistently or incorrectly, ...

Nov 24, 2016

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Brain activity predicts the force of your actions

Researchers have found a link between the activity in nerve clusters in the brain and the amount of force generated in a physical action, opening the way for the development of better devices to assist paralysed patients.

Nov 24, 2016

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First steps to neutralizing Zika: How highly potent antibody neutralizes Zika infection discovered

As Zika spreads throughout the world, the call for rapid development of therapeutics to treat Zika rings loud and clear. Taking a step further in identifying a possible therapeutic candidate, a team of researchers at Duke-NUS ...

Nov 24, 2016

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Macrophage-dependent IL-1beta production induces cardiac arrhythmias in diabetic mice

One of the most serious complications of diabetes, heart arrhythmias, is now on its way to be prevented and combated. Researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in partnership with investigators from ...

Nov 24, 2016

Why kids younger than 12 don't need OTC cough and cold remedies

The common cold season is here, and if you have children, you will likely feel their suffering from these annoying upper respiratory tract viral infections. Children experience more colds, about six to 10 annually, than adults. ...

Nov 24, 2016

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Retinitis pigmentosa gene discovery may reveal a new route to inherited blindness

Researchers at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital with funding from Fight for Sight, in collaboration with a team from Baylor College of Medicine in the USA, have discovered a new retinitis pigmentosa ...

Nov 24, 2016

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Archive: 24/11/2016

Coping with stress from others during the holidays

Power poses don't help and could potentially backfire, study shows

Brain mechanisms in drug addiction—new brain pathways revealed

Over-confidence about condom skills puts festival goers at risk

Brain activity predicts the force of your actions

First steps to neutralizing Zika: How highly potent antibody neutralizes Zika infection discovered

Macrophage-dependent IL-1beta production induces cardiac arrhythmias in diabetic mice

Why kids younger than 12 don't need OTC cough and cold remedies

Retinitis pigmentosa gene discovery may reveal a new route to inherited blindness

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