Archive: 26/04/2018

Exercise to change the brain

For someone with Parkinson's disease (PD), the simple desire to grasp a glass of water can become an insurmountable task, made impossible by the tremors in their hand or arm. Finding strategies to improve these movement impairments ...

Apr 26, 2018

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Sleep therapy road test awakens new interest

The use of sleep restriction therapy to help treat adults with insomnia is under-recognised – despite encouraging results since it was first introduced in the late 1980s.

Apr 26, 2018

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End of ageing and cancer? Scientists unveil structure of the 'immortality' enzyme telomerase

Making a drug is like trying to pick a lock at the molecular level. There are two ways in which you can proceed. You can try thousands of different keys at random, hopefully finding one that fits. The pharmaceutical industry ...

Apr 26, 2018

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New study shows how to live a long and active life

Are you a man and do you expect to manage on your own for a while longer? Research at Uppsala University now shows that efforts to achieve a healthy diet, normal waist size and non-smoking habit can yield benefits long after ...

Apr 26, 2018

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App an effective tool to record sun exposure

A smartphone app is an accessible tool that reliably measures the amount of exposure to the sun's skin-damaging ultra-violet radiation, a QUT study has found.

Apr 26, 2018

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Racial disparity in premature deaths has narrowed since 1990

The past quarter century has brought a striking decline in earlier-than-expected deaths among blacks in the U.S., according to a first-of-its-kind analysis performed using an extensive death records database maintained by ...

Apr 26, 2018

Can cannabis kill pain without getting you stoned?

More than 87 percent of medical marijuana users report smoking or ingesting it for pain-related conditions. Yet for many, the cognitively impairing properties of its active ingredient, THC, make cannabis impractical as an ...

Apr 26, 2018

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Phenotyping may lead to more tailored treatment for head and neck cancer

Research led by UNC School of Medicine student Wesley Stepp, Ph.D., shows how more detailed genetic testing of head and neck tumors could lead to more personalized treatments for patients.

Apr 26, 2018