In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering ...
Mar 4, 2024
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For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and ...
Jan 5, 2024
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Researchers now understand the functional impact of thousands of genetic changes within the DDX3X gene. This could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment of various neurodevelopmental disorders and cancers.
Dec 6, 2023
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Research has established that people who live in communities with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and other forms of social disinvestment are more likely to suffer from poor mental, physical, and behavioral health outcomes. ...
Nov 1, 2023
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The prevalence of three different types of disabilities among Black and white Americans aged 65 and older plummeted in the decade between 2008 and 2017 according to a new nationally representative study published online in ...
Aug 29, 2023
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In mice, cognitive decline is influenced by obesity due to the potential association of an adipose-brain axis. To examine this proposal, Núria Olivera-Canellas, and a team of researchers in the departments of medicine and ...
Researchers at Rutgers and Emory University are gaining insights into how schizophrenia develops by studying the strongest-known genetic risk factor.
Aug 16, 2023
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Experts have identified a public health need as well as strategic opportunities for the accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults. They present new research on this topic in a supplemental issue ...
Jun 28, 2023
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For some older adults, getting around in the community becomes difficult with age owing to decline in their physical or cognitive health, which impacts their quality of life and also becomes a social burden. Researchers from ...
Jan 17, 2023
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The development of autism may now become easier to understand, thanks to an explanatory model presented in a thesis from University of Gothenburg. This model provides new insights into how various risk factors give rise to ...
Dec 28, 2022
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