Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New Alzheimer's drug to enter clinical trials
A new drug developed at Lancaster University in the UK that may help to prevent the early stages of Alzheimer's disease is to enter clinical trials.
May 19, 2015
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Lancaster University
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Treatment approach used in cancer holds promise for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers have developed a novel treatment that could block the development of Alzheimer's disease using microscopic droplets of fat to carry drugs into the brain. This treatment approach, which is used to target drugs ...
Oct 21, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media stress can lead to social media addiction
Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use.
Aug 27, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Combining traditional mandala coloring and brain sensing technologies to aid mindfulness
Combining centuries-old traditional mandala coloring with cutting-edge computing and brain sensing technologies could lead to new ways of helping people achieve mindfulness.
Feb 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic adolescent mental health study reveals turnaround finding
Young people with poor mental health took a turn for the better during the pandemic but those with good mental health saw a considerable decline, new research reveals.
Jun 17, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
A third of people with Parkinson's have experienced increased symptoms during lockdown
A third of people with Parkinson's have experienced increased symptoms during lockdown, according to a survey by Lancaster University and the charity Parkinson's UK.
Jul 3, 2020
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Medical research
Double time limit for embryo research say ethics experts
In countries which already permit embryo research, there are no "compelling moral arguments" why the time limit for experimentation should not be doubled say ethics experts.
Aug 7, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More than one in ten COVID-19 patients infected in hospital in first pandemic wave
More than one in ten COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals caught the infection in hospital during the first pandemic wave say researchers conducting the world's largest study of severe COVID-19.
Aug 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Research team identifies new treatment target for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of Leeds and Lancaster University in the UK have identified a new potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease—PDE4B. Their work is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.
Mar 26, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Listening to 'noisy knees' to diagnose osteoarthritis: The first human cohort study
A new way of diagnosing and assessing knee osteoarthritis (OA) has moved a step closer with a major study paving the way for its use in research and clinical practice.
Oct 16, 2019
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