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Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs

Research from King's College London reveals the detailed mechanism behind how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells - a process considered to be linked to depression. The researchers identified a key protein ...

Neuroscience created May 06, 2013 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Student's fast start in research contributes to life-saving rapid test

As if the story of breakthrough research were not enough, there is the story of the researcher. The accomplishment, in this case, is a rapid test for detecting devastating bacterial infections. The researcher ...

Medical research created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Social connections drive the 'upward spiral' of positive emotions and health

People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Probiotics found to reduce hepatic encephalopathy

Probiotics could emerge as a treatment plan to manage hepatic encephalopathy (HE) therapy after a new study announced at the International Liver Congress 2013 found they significantly reduced development of the notoriously ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increases in heart disease risk factors may decrease brain function

Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their heart disease risk factors increase, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

Cardiology created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cardio and weight training reduces access to health care in seniors

Forget apples – lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Alzheimer's markers predict start of mental decline

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast