Health
Myopia linked to poor sleep and screen time
New research from Flinders University in Australia indicates people with myopia are more likely to experience poorer sleep quality than people with normal vision.
May 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Flies with schizophrenia-associated genes respond well to anti-psychotics
Scientists have successfully treated flies displaying behavioral problems linked to newly discovered schizophrenia-associated genes in humans, using common anti-psychotics.
May 19, 2021
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Cardiology
Finerenone may delay onset of AFib in patients with chronic kidney disease, diabetes
Patients with chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes who took the experimental drug finerenone were about 30% less likely to develop the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AFib) than those taking a placebo, according ...
May 17, 2021
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Cardiology
Type of heart failure may influence treatment strategies in patients with AFib
Among patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib), treatment strategies focused on controlling the heart rhythm (using catheter ablation) and those focused on controlling the heart rate (using drugs and/or ...
May 17, 2021
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Health
Alcohol may have immediate effect on atrial fibrillation risk, events
Alcohol appears to have an immediate—or near-immediate—effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur, according to new data presented at the American ...
May 17, 2021
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Health
Online learning doesn't improve student sleep habits, research suggests
New research from Simon Fraser University suggests that students learning remotely become night owls but do not sleep more despite the time saved commuting, working or attending social events.
May 6, 2021
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Cardiology
Why does heart scarring cause abnormal rhythms in some people but not others?
Scientists have shed light on why some people who have a stroke do not also have abnormal heart rhythms, even though their hearts contain similar scar tissue.
May 4, 2021
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Cardiology
Researchers describe rare case of heart rhythm problem in newborn with Turner syndrome
Doctors treating babies born with Turner syndrome need to look for heart rhythm abnormalities, in addition to the usual heart problems of high blood pressure or left-sided structural heart defects, according to Meena Bolourchi, ...
Apr 30, 2021
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Neuroscience
How behavioral rhythms are fine-tuned in the brain
Our bodies and behaviors often seem to have rhythms of their own. Why do we go to the bathroom at the same time every day? Why do we feel off if we can't go to sleep at the right time? Circadian rhythms are a behind-the-scenes ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Neuroscience
Anesthesia doesn't simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms
In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how the commonly used anesthetic propofol causes unconsciousness, a collaboration of labs at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT shows that as the drug takes hold in ...
Apr 27, 2021
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