Researchers have found surprising evidence that an antidepressant (citalopram) may perform as well as a commonly-prescribed antipsychotic (risperidone) in the…
The study followed 192 people with Alzheimer’s disease in New York for an average of four and a half years. During that time, 85 of the people died….
New evidenced-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommend against the use of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for the…
Canada’s mortality rate from colorectal cancer is in large part due to Canadian policy failures in terms of adequate prevention and screening, say Dr Barkun…
Now ground-breaking research by cognitive psychologist, Professor Simon Liversedge and his team at the University of Southampton has shown that this is not…
According to the Author, this problem is becoming so visible only now because of different factors: 1)the recent broadening of the scope of psychiatric…
Vocal cord dysfunction is an illness produced by a closure in the vocal cords when inhaling. Under normal conditions, the vocal cords would be open. It is a…
A study, led by Dr Catharine Gale and Professor Cyrus Cooper of the University of Southampton's MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, published online by the US…
However, reliable measurement methods that enable large numbers of samples to be analysed quickly and economically would need to be in place in order to make…
In a study published in the September 6 issue of the journal Nature, researchers have shed new light on the hearing process by identifying two key proteins…
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a mechanism by which the protein…
A study in the current issue of ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology suggests interactions between body oils and ozone found in airplane cabins could lead…
As outlined in a series of articles in the online open access publication, Malaria Journal, the World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) aims to provide a…
Scientists demonstrated that incidents of electromagnetic interference (EMI) from second and third generation mobile phones occurred at a mere three-centimetre…
This mechanism, which is described in the latest number of Cell Metabolism, explains how the human body can keep the blood glucose concentration within the…
The disorder is similar to bulimia nervosa in that both syndromes involve eating, then trying to compensate for the calories. What sets the disorders apart is…