Medical research

Cockayne syndrome: New insights into cellular DNA repair mechanism

Cockayne syndrome is a severe autosomal recessive disorder caused by defective DNA repair mechanisms. People with the disease have much reduced life expectancy and suffer from facial deformities; growth failure; neurological, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why losing a parent when you're a young adult is so hard

Losing a parent is never easy. Although the grief of parentally bereaved children and adolescents is widely recognized by charities and in media, people in their twenties and thirties can be overlooked.

Autism spectrum disorders

Autism and ADHD are linked to disturbed gut flora very early in life

Disturbed gut flora during the first years of life is associated with diagnoses such as autism and ADHD later in life. This is according to a study led by researchers at the University of Florida and Linköping University ...

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