Medications to treat opioid addiction are effective, though not widely used With more than 2 million Americans suffering from an opioid use disorder and the escalating rate of deaths from opioid overdoses reaching about 130 per day, efforts to date have had little impact in curbing this crisis across ... Mar 26, 2019 0 8
Study reveals key details about bacterium that increases risk for stomach cancer More than half of the people in the world host colonies of a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori in their stomachs. Mar 26, 2019 0 200
Pads and tampons have a complicated history – period. From a new emoji to an Oscar-nominated documentary, discussions about periods are becoming more acceptable. Mar 26, 2019 0 1
SpongeBob is not why your child likes junk food, new study shows Parents and lawmakers looking to cartoon characters as a reason children choose cookies over carrots may be looking in the wrong direction, according to a new report from CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business and Colorado ... Mar 26, 2019 0 5
Motion recognition tech assists epilepsy diagnosis Motion recognition technology is being used to help neurologists in the study of patients' behaviour during seizures, to provide clues on the sub-type of epilepsy the patient has and identify unusual seizure movements that ... Mar 26, 2019 0 3
Reseachers reveal new molecular mechanism involved in pancreas repair Ramón Muñoz-Chápuli and Rita Carmona, researchers of the UMA Department of Animal Biology, have identified a new molecular mechanism involved in pancreas repair. Mar 26, 2019 0 4
Measurement of thoughts during knowledge acquisition In a recent learning study, researchers were able to show that new conceptual information is stored along spatial dimensions in the form of a mental map located in the hippocampus. Together with colleagues from the Donders ... Mar 26, 2019 0 152
Protein 'spat out' by cancer cells promotes tumor growth Prostate cancer cells change the behaviour of other cells around them, including normal cells, by 'spitting out' a protein from their nucleus, new research has found. Mar 26, 2019 0 290
Scientists ID new metabolic target to prevent, treat heart failure at earliest stage Researchers with The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have identified a metabolic process in the heart that, if treated, could someday prevent or slow the progression ... Mar 26, 2019 0 5
Patient online consultation requests 'mirror' busiest surgery times Patients are using online consultations in the same way they would arrange a consultation via traditional means, a new independent evaluation by the University of Warwick reveals. Mar 26, 2019 0 1