A new form of neurotransmission that influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like…
Month: June 2014
Sex hormone levels at midlife linked to heart disease risk in women
As hormone levels change during the transition to menopause, the quality of a woman’s cholesterol…
Prevention incentives in healthcare: Do they work?
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down — and so do movie tickets,…
Scientists identify new microbes linked to severe diarrhea
Diarrhea is a major cause of childhood mortality in developing countries and ranks as one…
‘Big data’ technique improves monitoring of kidney transplant patients
A new data analysis technique radically improves monitoring of kidney patients, according to a new…
New use for touchless technology in the operating theatre
Pioneering work using touchless technology for vascular surgery is now being extended to neurosurgery. Following…
Rhesus proteins transport ions, not gas
Membrane proteins: do they carry the gas ammonia or the ammonium ion in their luggage?…
‘Night owls’ drive much worse in the morning
Researchers have shown that individual chronotype — that is, whether you are a “morning-type” or an…
Brain fills gaps to produce a likely picture
Researchers use visual illusions to demonstrate to what extent the brain interprets visual signals. They…
Clinical inertia precludes proper diagnosis in up to 65% lipid abnormalities
Clinical inertia does not allow healthcare professionals to diagnose cholesterol problems in the 65.3% of…