Academia
New research is shedding some light on how the brain responds when people are feeling sad, which could lead to new methods of treating some mood disorders. A research team from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) reported in an article in Cell that a network defined by amygdala-hippocampus β-coherence predicts mood in 13 of 21 subjects.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
One of the biggest areas of research when it comes to cancer is prediction, because the sooner cancer is detected, the higher the chance that the patient will survive. In most cases, cancer is diagnosed after it has already entered into the advanced stages, which severely decreases the effectiveness of current cancer treatments.
Knee joint injuries are typically related to sports, such as football, rugby or ice hockey, but people often do not know that such injuries may lead to joint inflammation and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
There is increasing evidence that there is some sort of association between sleep problems and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease. This was further linked with a recent research study published in the journal Sleep.
Team from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, identifies conditions for inactivating Listeria while maintaining product quality during the processing of whey proteins
Higher rates in blacks appear to be linked to access to screening
Genetic testing has become an important medical standard for families with known histories of hereditary disease. Individuals who choose to go through the mental and emotional process of taking a genetic test and absorbing the potentially life-changing conclusions may be disturbed to find out that results of such tests are not always consistent.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
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