Archive: 21/06/2017

Head impact exposure increases as youth football players get older, bigger

Youth football players are exposed to more and more forceful head impacts as they move up in age- and weight-based levels of play, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Jun 21, 2017

Common water treatments could damage DNA

Scientists are warning that a water treatment widely used in developing countries could be damaging the DNA of those drinking it.

Jun 21, 2017

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New study examines relationship between emotion regulation and brain connectivity in ASD

Emotional control varies among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for whole brain analysis identified relationships between emotional lability ...

Jun 21, 2017

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Researchers investigate the wisdom of crowds in the realm of visual searches

Your doctor is an expert with many years of experience. So when she tells you, upon reviewing all the fancy tomographic imaging you had done, that the tenderness in your breast is just some minor irritation, you want to believe ...

Jun 21, 2017

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The brain mechanism behind multitasking

Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process that requires our brains ...

Jun 21, 2017

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Underused cancer test could improve treatment for thousands

A simple blood test could improve treatment for more than 1 in 6 stage 2 colon cancer patients, suggests new Mayo Clinic research. The researchers also discovered that many patients who could benefit from the test likely ...

Jun 21, 2017

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Biological fingerprint of tuberculosis meningitis discovered in children

Children with tuberculosis meningitis - a brain and spinal cord infection that leads to disability and death—have a biological fingerprint that can be used to assess the severity of the condition, help decide the best course ...

Jun 21, 2017

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New antibody uses 1-2 punch to potentially treat blood cancers

Researchers have developed a two-pronged approach to blood cancer treatment: 1) attacking cancer cells directly and/or 2) driving them from the nurturing bone marrow environment into the peripheral blood streams, where they ...

Jun 21, 2017

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Untangling the complex puzzle of optic nerve regeneration

The optic nerve is vital for vision—damage to this critical structure can lead to severe and irreversible loss of vision. Fengfeng Bei, PhD, a principal investigator in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's ...

Jun 21, 2017

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Forgetting can make you smarter

For most people having a good memory means being able to remember more information clearly for long periods of time. For neuroscientists too, the inability to remember was long believed to represent a failure of the brain's ...

Jun 21, 2017

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