Psychology & Psychiatry
Video games could improve kids' brains: study
Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise.
Oct 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Disentangling interactions across brain areas
Exploring how brain areas communicate with each other is the focus of a long-standing research collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Champalimaud Research. The cross-continental ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Genetics
New research maps possible molecular origins of kidney disease
After mapping the genetic underpinning of kidney function in 1.5 million people and about 60,000 kidney cells that are the microscopic mechanisms of gene regulation, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests people with galanin variant more susceptible to stress-induced depression
(Medical Xpress)—A research team with members from Hungary, Sweden and the U.K. has found a link between a galanin variant and people who develop depression after experiencing a high degree of stress. In their paper published ...
Genetics
Researchers discover genes that shape human brain surface
The surface of our brain, the cortex, is folded into an intricate pattern of bumps (gyri) and grooves (sulci). While individual differences in this pattern have been linked to brain disorders and cognitive performance, very ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Increased risk of acute myocardial infarction the first two weeks following COVID-19
A large nationwide study based on all COVID-19 patients in Sweden performed at Umeå University, concludes that the risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke is three-fold increased the first two weeks following COVID-19. ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission
Malaria still kills millions. Researchers are excited by a new intervention: giving people a drug which kills mosquitoes that bite them. Incredibly, this is a reality, as the drug ivermectin, widely used for the control of ...
Jun 30, 2021
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
College football players have abnormalities in coordination and inflammation
College football players may appear healthy and successful on the field, but a number of biological measures say otherwise.
Dec 20, 2021
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Genetics
Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study
While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...
Jan 18, 2012
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Genetics
Largest-ever genetic study of suicide finds new risk factors
The reasons why people attempt suicide are complex and include external triggers like trauma and stress, as well as inherited genetic factors. A new study published online on October 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry ...
Oct 2, 2023
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