A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Some wounds just won't heal. Infections, diseases like diabetes, and suppressed immune systems often stack up to slow healing. Chronic wounds can last months and lead to anxiety and depression. In the worst cases, they are ...
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The acute physical illness characterizing opioid withdrawal is tough enough to endure even with full family, community, and medical support—so it is a brutal and sometimes deadly irony that one of withdrawal's salient symptoms ...
Nov 4, 2022
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When we're happy, we smile. But does it work the other way? Can posing facial muscles in a smile brighten our mood?
Oct 20, 2022
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NeuroOmics technology lets researchers label and capture cell-surface proteins in intact, live tissue—opening opportunities to understand complex cellular interactions and future drug targets.
Oct 19, 2022
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Everything your brain does—every memory, decision, emotion and command to move—starts with an electrical signal generated by a neuron. One of the most sophisticated cells in the body, every neuron has two sides. At one ...
Oct 19, 2022
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In the game Guess What?, created by Stanford researchers, an adult caregiver holds a smartphone to his or her forehead and asks a child to mimic an image displayed on the screen. It might be a monkey, a soccer player, or ...
Sep 28, 2022
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When it comes to love, do opposites attract or do birds of a feather flock together? Surprisingly, the scientific research on romantic compatibility has produced conflicting results, with some studies suggesting that similarities ...
Sep 23, 2022
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There's a long-standing challenge in dermatology: textbooks, databases, journals and lectures are largely bereft of images that feature darker skin.
Sep 15, 2022
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Numbers tell a story. From your credit score to your age, metrics predict a variety of outcomes, whether it's your likelihood to get a loan or your risk for heart disease. Now, Stanford Medicine researchers have described ...
Sep 1, 2022
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