Archive: 18/10/2018

Pop Warner implements concussion-awareness program for kids

Pop Warner, the country's largest youth football program, is implementing a concussion-awareness initiative aimed at educating young athletes about how to recognize symptoms of a head injury.

Oct 18, 2018

For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects

For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels of hormones related to mother-infant attachment (oxytocin) and stress (cortisol) - and may increase parents' ...

Oct 18, 2018

To track how students ace the LSAT, watch their eyes

A half-decade ago, UC Berkeley neuroscientists discovered that training for law school admission exams boosted brain connections that sharpen reasoning skills.

Oct 18, 2018

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Managing the complexities and risks of HIV and tuberculosis coinfection

A new study identified a significant association between HIV infection and complexities of treating patients with tuberculosis coinfection. Patients with HIV were more likely to have more tuberculosis drug-related adverse ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Scientists grow functioning human neural networks in 3-D from stem cells

A team of Tufts University-led researchers has developed three-dimensional (3-D) human tissue culture models for the central nervous system that mimic structural and functional features of the brain and demonstrate neural ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Cytokine mediates obesity-related factors linked to colorectal cancer

A new study describes the mechanistic relationship between the cytokine interleukin-1ß, (IL-1ß) and obesity, showing that when IL-1ß levels are increased in obesity, IL-1 receptor signaling activates multiple pathways ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Suicide risk in abused teen girls linked to mother-daughter conflict

Teenage girls who were maltreated as children are more likely to entertain suicidal thoughts if the relationship with their mother is poor and the degree of conflict between the two of them high.

Oct 18, 2018

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AHA: ozone pollution may be linked to a type of bleeding stroke

Exposure to the main ingredient in smog may be linked to a type of bleeding stroke, according to new research.

Oct 18, 2018

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Environmental associations with genes may yield opportunities for precision medicine

A new approach to genetic analysis finds associations between environmental factors and pharmacogenes—genes associated with a person's response to drugs—sparking ideas for new research at the interface of population genetics ...

Oct 18, 2018

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Wheel running measures mouse distress better

The amount of time a mouse spends running on the wheel provides an accurate and objective measure of the discomfort induced by research procedures, according to a new study publishing October 18 in the open-access journal ...

Oct 18, 2018

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