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Belonging to multiple groups that are important to you boosts self-esteem much more than having friends alone, new research has found.

Mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviour is more likely to resemble their own mothers’ than their fathers’, according to a new study.

Post-concussion psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety and irritability can be extremely disabling for those among the nearly 3.8 million people in the United States who suffer concussions every year. The mechanisms underlying these changes aft…

Researchers investigated mannitol use before and during transportation of patients with intracranial emergencies from peripheral hospitals to tertiary facilities that house neurosurgery departments. The authors found a 22% dosing error rate, with sligh…

Poor sleep should be considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease along with smoking, lack of exercise and poor dietEuroHeartCare is the official annual meeting of the Council on…

New guidelines providing information, guidance and recommendations for people working with those with hoarding difficulties are launched today, Tuesday 16 June 2015, in London by the British…

Researchers may be closer to understanding why scratching evokes a rewarding and pleasurable sensation in patients with chronic itch. Using advanced fMRI, they looked at brain activity while chronic itch patients and healthy subjects scratched. They fo…

Human stem cells can be differentiated to produce other cell types, such as organ cells, skin cells, or brain cells. While organ cells, for example, can function in isolation, brain cells require synapses, or connectors, between cells and between regio…

The activity of the emotion centres in the brain – the amygdalae – is influenced by motivation rather than by the emotions themselves.

Humans are unlikely to be the only animal capable of self-awareness, a new study has shown.