Neuroscience
Study reveals breakthrough in decoding brain function
If there's a final frontier in understanding the human body, it's definitely not the pinky. It's the brain.
Sep 25, 2017
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Medications
Alzheimer's drug development pipeline: Positive results, new insight on biomarkers position 2024 as 'learning year'
The world of Alzheimer's treatments is at an inflection point as more potential drugs make their way out of clinical trials.
Apr 24, 2024
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Neuroscience
Q&A: A task-oriented approach in occupational therapy is critical to recovery after a stroke
Recovering from a life-altering stroke can be a long and arduous journey when an irascible demeanor and a litany of frustrations prolong a patient's return to normalcy.
Apr 8, 2024
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Addiction
Double trouble: The risks of mixing alcohol and sports wagering
It turns out that money isn't the only thing sports gamblers are risking. According to a new study, bettors who wager on sporting events, esports, and daily fantasy sports are much more likely than other individuals to binge ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The emotional aftereffects of trauma on communities
It was shortly before noon on Dec. 6, 2023, and Stephen Benning had just wrapped up a Zoom meeting in his office in the Carol C. Harter Classroom Building Complex when his office and cell phones pinged. It was a university-issued ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Attention deficit disorders
Q&A: Think your child might have ADHD? Expert offers insight on traits and treatments
Over the past 50 years, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder—more commonly known as ADHD—has evolved from a little-known condition into arguably the most studied disorder in the field of child psychiatry.
Nov 17, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's drug development pipeline: Promising therapies, pharma investment drive momentum in clinical trials
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a staggering number that's expected to double within the next 30 years.
May 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study makes case for Candida auris wastewater surveillance
A rapid spike in cases of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus has concerned public health officials across the nation. But a team of Southern Nevada researchers hope their new study applying wastewater surveillance ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Call me, maybe? Study probes how people connected during the pandemic
When stay-at-home orders were announced as one of the greatest tools in our arsenal against the COVID-19 pandemic, anyone who's vintage enough to have watched forward-looking shows and movies— from "The Jetsons" to "Star ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Health
Pot while pregnant: medicine doctors urge caution
Daily marijuana use during pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of low birth weight, low resistance to infection, decreased oxygen levels and other negative fetal health outcomes, according to a new study from a team of ...
Dec 2, 2019
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