Archive: 05/09/2012
Brain connections power automatic and conscious behaviour
(Medical Xpress)—What determines whether you deal with new situations in a flexible manner or simply act out of habit? A team of psychologists have discovered that this is predicted by the strength of specific connections ...
Sep 5, 2012
Study: We lie when we're short on time or feel justified to do so
(Medical Xpress)—Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our GPA, our annual income, or our age. But what makes us actually do it?
Sep 5, 2012
Epigenetic causes of prostate cancer
(Medical Xpress)—In about half of all prostate tumours, there are two genetic areas that are fused with one another. When this is not the case, the exact way cancer cells originate in prostate tumours was not clear until ...
Sep 5, 2012
Possible new therapy for the treatment of myeloma
(Medical Xpress)—Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that sorafenib, a drug used for advanced cancer of the kidneys and liver, could also be effective against multiple myeloma. The disease is one of the more common ...
Sep 5, 2012