Study documents range of challenging meditation experiences
Meditation is increasingly being marketed as a treatment for conditions such as pain, depression, stress and addiction, and while many people achieve therapeutic goals, other meditators encounter a...
View ArticleBody- and sex related problems are separate from other forms of psychological...
Body- and sex related problems constitute a distinct group of psychological ailments that is most common in middle aged women, according to scientific research. The project was financed by the Academy...
View ArticleScientific advances in thoracic oncology in 2016 highlighted by the IASLC
Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging and treatment in 2016, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) announces the...
View ArticleNew tools promise life-saving treatments from basic science
A mouse with cancer dies from a trial treatment that cured its genetically identical sibling. A stem cell in a dish has a different reaction than usual to a chemical cocktail and morphs into something...
View ArticleExclusion of mothers-to-be from clinical studies unfair and potentially harmful
The widely accepted principle that mums-to-be are a 'vulnerable' group unfairly excludes them from taking part in clinical studies, and perpetuates the knowledge void around the impact of drugs taken...
View ArticleResearcher examines vaccine rejection and hesitancy, calls to promote...
The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at Kent State University's College of Public Health,...
View ArticleBrown to lead 'NeuroNex' center for creating bioluminescent neuroscience tools
With up to $9.2 million in funding over five years from the National Science Foundation, Brown University will lead a national center dedicated to developing and disseminating new tools based on giving...
View ArticleMedication for the unborn baby
An Empa team has succeeded in developing a new three-dimensional cell model of the human placental barrier. The "model organ" can quickly and reliably deliver new information on the intake of...
View ArticleHigh-tech ideas to fix opioid crisis compete for Ohio grants
A call by Republican Gov. John Kasich for scientific breakthroughs to help solve the opioid crisis is drawing interest from dozens of groups with ideas including remote controlled medication...
View ArticleTeam reaches milestone in development of Kinase Chemogenomic Set
The Structural Genomics Consortium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SGC-UNC), in partnership with the DiscoverX Corporation, has reached the milestone halfway point in its...
View ArticleRole of stress, sleep highlighted in study of obesity
(HealthDay)—Stress is associated with impaired sleep and increased emotional rewarding of palatable foods, which may lead to obesity, according to research published online Aug. 28 in Obesity Reviews.
View ArticleDoes colour really affect our mind and body? A professor of colour science...
Red makes the heart beat faster. You will frequently find this and other claims made for the effects of different colours on the human mind and body. But is there any scientific evidence and data to...
View ArticleTo cross the therapeutics finish line, we need to change the race
Scientific discoveries are outstripping our ability to convert them into medicines. Here's how we are tackling the challenge.
View ArticleNew Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
Zika virus is mutating so quickly in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near future, as is already the case with dengue virus. This would hinder the...
View ArticleCause of cancer form in the liver identified
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified the two genes whose mutation cause a serious cancer form found in the liver. The result sets concrete goals for future...
View ArticleNo evidence that widely marketed technique to treat leaky bladder/prolapse works
There is no scientific evidence that a workout widely marketed to manage the symptoms of a leaky bladder and/or womb prolapse actually works, conclude experts in an editorial published online in the...
View ArticleWhy arched backs are attractive
Researchers have provided scientific evidence for what lap dancers and those who twerk probably have known all along - men are captivated by the arched back of a woman. A team led by Farid Pazhoohi of...
View ArticleWhy parents should never spank children
Spanking —usually defined as hitting a child on the buttocks with an open hand —is a common form of discipline still used on children worldwide. However, to date, spanking has been banned in 53...
View ArticleWill horseradish and garlic really ease a cold?
Some of us may have heard that horseradish and garlic supplements help ease cold and flu. Blooms High Strength Horseradish and Garlic Complex claims it has
View ArticleChildren who commute to school unaccompanied have greater autonomy and...
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven that children who actively commute to school (that is, walking or cycling) without adults accompanying them have better safety perceptions...
View ArticleReading on electronic devices may interfere with science reading comprehension
People who often read on electronic devices may have a difficult time understanding scientific concepts, according to a team of researchers. They suggest that this finding, among others in the study,...
View ArticleOhio to name winners of up to $12M in opioid science grants
Ohio is set to name recipients of up to $12 million in competitive grants aimed at supporting scientific breakthroughs to solve the national opioid crisis.
View ArticleOhio awards $10M to boost opioid, addiction breakthroughs
Ohio will pay to support development of pain management alternatives, mobile apps to improve addiction treatment and other advanced technologies through $10 million in competitive grants.
View ArticleLaser shoes prevent 'freezing' in Parkinson patients
Freezing of gait, an absence of forward progression of the feet despite the intention to walk, is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson's disease. Laser shoes that project a line on the floor to the...
View ArticleBanning 7 terms at the CDC would have serious consequences, public health...
"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words," George Orwell writes in the fifth chapter of his dystopian novel "1984."
View Article'Blue Monday' is a hoax – but it could become the most depressing day of the...
Over the past decade, hordes of innocent people have bought the idea that the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year – despite there being no scientific evidence to support it....
View ArticleResearchers develop computer vision technique to analyse stroke...
Methods from optogenetics and machine learning should improve treatment options for stroke patients. Researchers from Heidelberg University have developed a computer vision technique to analyse the...
View ArticleNumber of older people with four or more diseases will double by 2035, say...
A study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, reports that the number of older people diagnosed with four or more diseases will double between...
View Article5 ideas win $10,000 each in Ohio opioid technology challenge
Virtual reality, neural feedback and digital therapy were among five ideas to help solve the U.S. opioid crisis that won a global technology challenge on Tuesday.
View ArticleStroke risk factors unique to women identified
Stroke disproportionately affects more women than men. It is the third leading cause of death in women in the United States, is a leading cause of disability and affects 55,000 more women than men each...
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