Study reveals greater excitability in social brain regions of autistic men compared to women New insight on differences in the brains of men and women with autism has been published today in the open-access journal eLife. Aug 4, 2020 0 13
Food menu fit for pandemic times In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a sustainable way is more important now than ever, Flinders University experts say. Aug 4, 2020 0 1
Study to explore whether new therapy can help address problem drinking A psychological therapy found to be effective in helping people achieve and maintain weight loss is being trialled to see if it can support patients with chronic liver disease to stop drinking. Aug 4, 2020 0 2
NIH trial to test antibodies and other therapeutics for mild, moderate COVID-19 A Phase 2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential new therapeutics for COVID-19, including an investigational therapeutic based on synthetic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to treat the disease. Researchers ... Aug 4, 2020 0 2
Researchers discover treatment option for rare genetic disorder Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine used a novel genetic sequencing technology to identify the genetic cause of—and a treatment for—a previously unknown severe auto inflammatory syndrome affecting an 18-year-old ... Aug 4, 2020 0 9
The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections—or do they? Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) studied the immune response to papillomaviruses in mice and discovered a hitherto unknown mechanism ... Aug 4, 2020 0 1
Dear Dr... how our email style reveals much about our personalities A new theory from psychologists at the University of Bath argues that how we communicate online, including via email and social media, reveals much about our personality and character types. Aug 4, 2020 0 10
A quarter of arthritis cases linked to excess weight A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study shows that weight loss between early adulthood and midlife lowers arthritis risk, and found no evidence of any persistent risk of arthritis for people who were ... Aug 4, 2020 0 3
Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety Is my heart beating slightly fast? Is a heart attack coming? I didn't sleep as much as I thought I had last night—is that bad for my heart? Aug 4, 2020 0 108
A number of macrophages in tumor tissue enables prognosis of lung tumor progression Both in the periphery and the center of lung tumors, characteristic accumulations of certain white blood cells, known as macrophages, are often found. In this case they are called tumor-associated macrophages. There are two ... Aug 4, 2020 0 3