Medications

Medication may stop migraines before headache starts, study shows

When taken at the first signs of a migraine, before headache pain begins, a drug called ubrogepant may be effective in helping people with migraine go about their daily lives with little or no symptoms, according to a study ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Taming Parkinson's disease with self-adjusting brain pacemakers

Two new studies from UC San Francisco are pointing the way toward round-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson's disease through an implanted device that can treat movement problems during the day and insomnia ...

Neuroscience

How hunger influences aversive learning in fruit flies

Internal states that animals experience while they are thirsty, hungry, sleepy or aggressive have been found to be linked with the combined activity of various neuromodulators and neurotransmitters. These chemical messengers ...

Oncology & Cancer

12-year genetic study identifies unique types of multiple myeloma

An unprecedented effort to sequence the genome, exome and RNA in tumors from patients with multiple myeloma defines distinct subtypes of the disease, according to an international team of scientists led by researchers from ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chlamydia can settle in the intestine, organoid experiments reveal

People who are infected with chlamydia can transmit these bacteria to other people during unprotected sex. The pathogens usually cause no symptoms, or only mild symptoms at first, such as itching in the vagina, penis or anus. ...

Health

Researchers find e-cigarette use disrupts the nasal microbiome

The nose plays more roles than merely allowing us to smell and shaping our facial profiles. It also acts as a gatekeeper for the respiratory tract, capable of preventing bacteria and other pathogens from leaving the nasal ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers develop affordable, rapid blood test for brain cancer

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a novel, automated device capable of diagnosing glioblastoma, a fast-growing and incurable brain cancer, in less than an hour. The average glioblastoma patient survives ...

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