Archive: 29/01/2018

Research compares neural activity in children with and without autism spectrum disorder

Pick a hand, any hand. That familiar refrain, repeated in schoolyards the world over, is the basis of a simple guessing game that was recently adapted to study how and why kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) interact ...

Jan 29, 2018

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'Friends and family test' should no longer be compulsory, argue experts

The friends and family test should no longer be mandatory, argue experts in The BMJ today.

Jan 29, 2018

Austerity policies lie at heart of soaring homelessness and related health harms, argue experts

Austerity policies lie at the heart of soaring homelessness across England, with serious health implications for those affected, argue experts in The BMJ today.

Jan 29, 2018

Microbubbles make breast cancer more susceptible to radiation therapy

Injecting breast cancer with oxygen-filled microbubbles makes tumors three-times more sensitive to radiation therapy and improves survival in animal models of the disease. The study, published Jan 21st in the International ...

Jan 29, 2018

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Psychiatric medications are not overprescribed for kids, finds study

A new study at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) challenges the popular notion that psychiatric medications are overprescribed in children and adolescents in the U.S. When the researchers compared prescribing ...

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Nicotine in E-cigarettes damages DNA, mouse study suggests

The nicotine in e-cigarettes seems to damage DNA in ways that may increase cancer risk, a new study in mice suggests.

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Tickling the brain with electrical stimulation improves memory, study shows

Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area can improve verbal short-term memory. Mayo Clinic researchers report their findings in Brain.

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Why do we trust, or not trust, strangers? The answer is Pavlovian

Our trust in strangers is dependent on their resemblance to others we've previously known, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Its results show that strangers resembling past individuals known to be trustworthy ...

Jan 29, 2018

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Language is learned in brain circuits that predate humans

It has often been claimed that humans learn language using brain components that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence strongly suggests that language is in fact learned in brain systems that are also ...

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Men hold secret to protect women from multiple sclerosis

Men are much less likely to get multiple sclerosis (MS) than women and one reason is that they are protected by high levels of testosterone.

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