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fMRIs reveal brain's handling of low-priority ideas

“The default-mode network appears to be the brain's back burner for social decision making,” said Peter T. Fox, M.D., director of the Research Imaging…

Health & Medicine

Migraine Sufferers Face Doubled Heart Attack Risk, Study Finds

Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to have heart attacks as people without migraine, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of…

Life & Chemistry

Blocking Cell Movement: Key to Cancer and MS Treatment Advances

Led by Professor of Immunology Shaun McColl, the researchers have identified molecular “receptors” on the surface of cells which are involved in helping cells…

Physics & Astronomy

Orion Nebula Unveiled: Stunning VISTA Telescope Discovery

The Orion Nebula reveals many of its hidden secrets in a dramatic image taken by ESO’s new VISTA survey telescope. The telescope’s huge field of view can show…

Life & Chemistry

MDC Researchers Develop New Tool to Investigate Ion Channels – Application of Neurotoxins of Cone Snails and Spiders

Ion channels in the cell membrane enable cells to communicate with their environment and are therefore of vital importance. The MDC researchers have developed…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Exsulin Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Begins Trials

A clinical trial of Exsulin, an innovative new treatment that targets the underlying cause of type 1 diabetes, has begun at the McGill University Health Centre…

Health & Medicine

Blocking Cell Movement: New Insights for Cancer and MS Treatment

“While the overall risk of heart problems in people with migraine is small, these findings are consistent with other studies showing people with migraine are…

Health & Medicine

Eczema in Childhood Linked to Later Psychological Issues

In cooperation with colleagues of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Technische Universität München (TUM) and Marien-Hospital in Wesel, North…

Studies and Analyses

Blinded Study Reveals Venous Insufficiency in MS Patients

The results were reported today by neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo.When the 10.2 percent of subjects in which results were border line were…

Studies and Analyses

Diabetes Drug Increases Bone Fracture Risk in Older Women

After taking a thiazolidinedione (TZD) for one year, women are 50 percent more likely to have a bone fracture than patients not taking TZDs, according to study…

Life & Chemistry

Bowel Disease and Blood Clots: New Research Insights

The two main types of IBD are Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease which affect about one in every 250 people in the UK. The research published today in the…

Studies and Analyses

How Anxiety Affects Emotional Regulation: New Research Insights

The work is published online in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 18 percent of Americans have…

Medical Engineering

Scott & White Memorial Hospital uses device to revolutionize treatment of traumatic aortic injury

Scott & White Memorial Hospital vascular surgeons Clifford Buckley, M.D., and Ruth Bush, M.D., performed one of the nation's first implants of a Next…

Environmental Conservation

Tigers in Crisis: Global Threats to Big Cats in 2023

As many Asian countries prepare to celebrate Year of the Tiger beginning February 14, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports that tigers are in crisis around the…

Physics & Astronomy

Home PCs Join Forces to Map the Milky Way Galaxy

At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our…

Life & Chemistry

New Genome Sequence Boosts Food and Fuel Crop Research

The advance was announced today in the journal Nature.The primary international repository for the Brachypodium genome sequence data, called “BrachyBase,” is…

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