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Childhood Trauma Tied to Increased Adult Headaches

Using data from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study of 17,337 adult members of the Kaiser Health Plan in San Diego, Gretchen E. Tietjen, MD, of the…

Health & Medicine

Chronic Migraine Stigma: New Insights from Recent Research

The research[i], presented at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week, was conducted at the Jefferson Headache…

Health & Medicine

Childhood Abuse Links Migraines to Higher Heart Disease Risk

In a multi-center, cross-sectional study of more than 1,300 headache clinic patients diagnosed with migraine, investigators found a linear relationship between…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Poor Sleep Quality in Soldiers with Migraine

A research team from the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA presenting at American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UC Riverside entomologist helps manage invasion threats posed to California's avocados

California's avocado industry is worth more than $320 million annually, and has about 6,000 growers farming more than 6,000 acres of land. Indeed, California…

Physics & Astronomy

Early results from the world's brightest X-ray source

The SLAC linear collider in Menlo Park, California has already made a name for itself as one of the world's largest and most prolific particle accelerator…

Health & Medicine

Parkinson's patients' 'risky behavior' explained

The standard treatments for Parkinson's disease, which work by increasing dopamine signalling in the brain, can trigger highly risky behaviours, known as…

Studies and Analyses

Barefoot Risks: Study Links Home Footwear to Elderly Falls

The study found that nearly 52 percent of the participants who reported a fall were either barefoot, wearing socks without shoes, or wearing slippers at the…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Abnormal Brain Activity in Migraineurs Beyond Attacks

“There has been increasing evidence that the processing and perception of sensory stimuli is abnormal even outside of attacks,” said Dr. Sprenger. “Now our…

Health & Medicine

REM Sleep Deprivation’s Impact on Chronic Migraine Explained

Paul L. Dunham, Ph.D. and his team at Missouri State University's Center for Biomedical & Life Sciences sought to understand the mechanisms by which sleep…

Life & Chemistry

Supercomputer Reveals New Insights on Water Vibrations

Using Terahertz spectroscopy, RUB-chemists recently detected the surprisingly long-ranged influence of solvated biomolecules on the “dance” of surrounding…

Technology Offerings

Miniaturized High Pressure Generator for NMR and Chromatography

The invention describes a pressure generator for e.g. NMR-spectroscopy or high-pressure liquid chromatography which uses a magnetically driven piston to…

Studies and Analyses

Noise Reduction Innovations for Quieter Motor Boat Cockpits

Boating is unpleasant for the skipper and passengers if it is difficult to hear normal conversation in the cockpit. VTT's Quiet boats project examined both…

Studies and Analyses

Suppressing Anger Linked to Increased Violence When Drunk

The two authors, Thor Norström and Hilde Pape, applied an approach that reduces the risk of drawing erroneous conclusions about cause and effect. They conclude…

Life & Chemistry

Smurf1’s Role in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Explained

BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) receptors play an important role in preventing excess growth of vascular cells. Some individuals with PAH have mutations in…

Physics & Astronomy

New Experiments Challenge Supersolid Helium Observations

New experiments are casting doubt on previously reported observations of supersolid helium. In a paper appearing in the current issue of Physical Review…

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