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New designer drug, 'bath salts,' may confer additional risk for adolescents

Use and abuse of "bath salts," a new group of designer drugs, have been increasing in recent years, particularly among teenagers. Poison control centers received over 2,000 calls last year for patients with delusions, hallucinations ...

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mind over matter? Study reveals for the first time that core body temperature can be controlled by the brain

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences showed, for the first time, that it is ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Too hot to sleep? Here's why

Bushfires are quite appropriately dominating our nation's concerns during the current Australian heatwave. But for many, the struggle to sleep through soaring temperatures is a personal inferno that dominates ...

Health created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Catch the fever: It'll help you fight off infection

With cold and flu season almost here, the next time you're sick, think twice before taking something for your fever. That's because scientists have found more evidence that elevated body temperature helps certain types of ...

Medical research created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make squirrels hibernate

Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists at the ...

Neuroscience created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Stevens biomedical engineering students fight hypothermia on the battlefield

A Biomedical Engineering Senior Design team at Stevens Institute of Technology is working with the U.S. Army and New Jersey physicians to develop a new device to combat hypothermia among wounded soldiers.

Medical research created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0