Health
Be sure to get enough of the 'sunshine vitamin' this winter
In the middle of winter when sunshine can be hard to come by, it's tough to get enough vitamin D, but one expert has some advice.
Jan 15, 2024
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Health
Inside the Pentagon's painfully slow effort to clean up decades of PFAS contamination
Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where "forever chemicals" were found seeping from a military installation into the surrounding community. Beginning in 2010, state officials and later residents ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Breathing patterns during sleep found to impact memory processes
How are memories consolidated during sleep? In 2021, researchers led by Dr. Thomas Schreiner, leader of the Emmy Noether junior research group at LMU's Department of Psychology, had already shown there was a direct relationship ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Egocentric coding unveiled: Researchers unlock the brain's spatial perception mechanisms
Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and their collaborators have uncovered the coding principle underlying self-centered (egocentric) representation in spatial perception.
Dec 14, 2023
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Health
Do you need more vitamin D in the winter?
Vitamin D is a nutrient your body needs to keep your bones healthy and strong. It also has properties that support your immune system and neuromuscular health.
Dec 6, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Twice daily electrical stimulation may boost mental processes in Alzheimer's disease, clinical trial suggests
Twice daily non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain may boost mental processes (cognitive function) in people with Alzheimer's disease, suggest the results of a small clinical trial published online in the open access ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Health informatics
Chicago community violence intervention program shown to reduce gun violence
New research shows large reductions in gun violence involvement for participants of a Chicago-based community violence intervention (CVI) program.
Nov 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Professor discovers how to reduce suicide risk in patients with chronic pain
People who live with chronic pain can improve their sense of belonging and reduce feelings of being a burden to others and, in turn, the likelihood that they will kill themselves by "making peace with their pain," according ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
Seamlessly multiplexing memory storage and recall
Every day, we store memories, some of which we are able to recall later. But while we do so, do we keep on storing? Yes, because we cannot afford to stop memory formation while we are retrieving prior ones. Imagine, for instance, ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Host genetics helps explain childhood cancer survivors' mortality risk from second cancers
The population of childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. is increasing, with an overall childhood cancer survival rate greater than 85% five years after diagnosis. However, survivors can still be at increased risk of various ...
Oct 2, 2023
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