Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional and behavioral aftereffects, such as memory loss and symptoms of depression. …
The study found just over 10,000 mutations in total, which together implicate almost 350 regions in the mouse genome in cancer formation. 50 of these regions…
According to the Boston Area Community Health Survey (BACH), other health issues that increase the risk of multiple lower urinary tract symptoms include…
The research, examining the signal strength of radio waves travelling over the sea, identified late afternoons and early evenings in spring and summer as a…
Their study, funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of an interdisciplinary research…
“We know that being lean rather than obese is protective from many diseases, but key rodent studies tell us that being lean from eating less, as opposed to…
A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven years…
The study shows that the telomere length in blood cells is associated with prognosis for breast cancer. The blood cells of the cancer patients in the study had…
In this second BBVA Foundation international study on “Attitudes to Biotechnology” (the first was in 2003), the sample has been enlarged from nine to twelve…
Led by Jamie Dollahite, Ph.D., R.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., the researchers performed economic evaluations to assess the costs versus benefits of…
Deficits in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neuronal populations are being linked to a growing number of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.The…
They also reported that pain levels were less severe at the end of the study than at the start.Italian researchers compared 169 staff in Turin’s registry and…
Children with MS are at risk to exhibit low IQ scores and problems with memory, attention and other thinking skills, according to a study published in the May…
It also looks at barriers to access, and the possibilities of future take-up among today’s non users. The BBVA Foundation completed a first round of the study…
Or is it as much about what your background is and the social and cultural groups that you belong to? Researchers, funded by the Economic and Social Research…
Researchers who asked entrepreneurs and small business leaders about their motivations for achieving business success found that only 6.9% were driven by…