Labour–inducing drugs put to the test Researchers comparing the use of two drugs for pregnant women who do not go into labour shortly after their waters break have found both are reasonable options. Feb 27, 2018 0 19
Breast cancer's spread routes mapped Breast cancer spreads to other organs in the body according to certain specific patterns. This has been shown by a team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet and KTH in Sweden and the University of Helsinki in Finland ... Feb 27, 2018 0 16
Study shows women experience less pain when holding loved one's hand A small team of researchers from the University of Colorado, the University of Haifa and University Paris Diderot has found that women sense less pain when holding the hand of a person they love. In their paper published ... Feb 27, 2018 report 0 1476
'Social brain' networks are altered at a young age in autism As infants develop, they preferentially move towards and respond to social cues - such as voices, faces and human gestures. At the same time, their brain develops a network of regions that specialise in translating these ... Feb 27, 2018 0 7
Stress and weight-related conditions prevalent among rookie bus drivers Though buses are constantly on the move, the drivers who operate them spend most of their work hours seated. Feb 27, 2018 0 5
Experts call for specialist medical teams for rapidly ageing society At a time when family doctors are at 'saturation point' and facing a crisis in recruitment, new research reveals that they carry the burden of healthcare of our rapidly ageing population. Feb 27, 2018 0 6
Why do people intentionally injure themselves? For the family and friends of people who self-injure, as well as the doctors and services that try to support them, a key question is often: why do they do it? Feb 27, 2018 0 7
Microbiota-gut-brain axis is at epicenter of new approach to mental health The functional gut microbiome provides an exciting new therapeutic target for treating psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and trauma-related conditions. Innovative methods for studying and intervening in gut microbiome ... Feb 27, 2018 0 47
Simple urine test could measure how much our body has aged Researchers find that a substance indicating oxidative damage increases in urine as people get older. The study, published today in open-access journal in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, also describes a way to easily measure ... Feb 27, 2018 0 37
Research looks to reduce side effects in commonly used drugs New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has drilled down to the molecular level to find similarities across six pharmaceutical drugs used in pain relief, dentist anaesthetic, and treatment of epilepsy, ... Feb 27, 2018 0 4
