October 10, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A single drop of blood in the brain is sufficient to activate an autoimmune response akin to multiple sclerosis, new research shows. This is the first demonstration that introduction of blood in the healthy brain is sufficient to cause peripheral immun…
October 9, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study might finally provide a new direction for research seeking to help patients suffering from neuropathic pain.
October 9, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A research team in the department of psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded a $5 Million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to participate in a multi-site study…
October 9, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
The likelihood of a transgender person attempting suicide is very high, often because of the prejudice, transphobia and other stressors he or she may experience.
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Hormonal treatments administered as part of the procedures for sex reassignment have well-known and well-documented effects on the secondary sexual characteristics of the adult body, shifting a…
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Tel Aviv University study finds frequent night wakings, broken sleep patterns are linked to trouble later onTemper tantrums and misbehavior, restlessness and inattention are the trappings of the…
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Findings reported at ASHG 2015 Annual MeetingAn algorithm using epigenetic information from just nine regions of the human genome can predict the sexual orientation of males with up to 70 percent…
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Upper limb amputees, who typically struggle to learn how to use a new prosthesis, would be more successful if fellow amputees taught them, new research suggests. Most usually learn by watching a non-amputee demonstrate the device during physical therap…
October 8, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A unique study of newborns treated with hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) – a condition that occurs when the brain is deprived of an adequate oxygen supply – confirms its neuroprotective effects on the brain.
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If you want to learn how something works, one strategy is to take it apart and put it back together again. For 10 years, a global initiative called the Blue Brain Project has been attempting to do this digitally with a section of juvenile rat brain. Th…
