Psychology & Psychiatry
Father-friendly workplaces make finer families
Employers are in a unique situation where they can either support father involvement in the family, or they can be a barrier.
Jun 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
Reducing inflammation boosts cognitive recovery after stroke, may extend treatment window
Reperfusion therapy, the gold standard for stroke treatment, helps restore blood flow after a stroke caused by a clot, preventing loss of brain tissue. However, only about 10% of stroke patients qualify, in part because of ...
Jun 2, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Early detection of Alzheimer's disease with dynamic MRI measurement of glucose in brain
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, is complicated by its overlapping signs with normal ageing. A collaborative research by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Johns Hopkins University ...
May 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
Rejuvenating the immune system supports brain repair after injury
Researchers have identified a major shift in how to treat brain injuries, after rejuvenating immune cells to support the repair process.
Mar 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Activating immune cells could revitalize the aging brain, study suggests
Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these cells improves the memory of aged mice. The study, which will be ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Neuroscience
Walking changes vision
How do we perceive our environment? What is the influence of sensory stimuli on the peripheral nervous system and what on the brain? Science has an interest in this question for many reasons. In the long term, insights from ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Health
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
In crisis and with nowhere else to turn, thousands of patients with complex needs—serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders—every year flock to emergency rooms in Harris County, Texas and ...
Oct 18, 2019
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Neuroscience
How the brain 'approximates' without actually counting
From the time of early infancy, humans are endowed with the capacity to approximate the number of objects in their visual field, an ability that continues throughout life and may underlie the development of more complex mathematical ...
HIV & AIDS
HIV lurking in spinal fluid linked to thinking problems
TUESDAY, July 16, 2019—(HealthDay News) Even with long-term treatment, HIV can still be found in the cerebrospinal fluid of some people with the AIDS-causing virus, a new study reports.
Jul 16, 2019
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Immunology
How chronic inflammation may drive down dopamine and motivation
Growing evidence shows that the brain's dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade inflammation. A new paper proposes that this connection between dopamine, effort and the inflammatory ...
Jun 4, 2019
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