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Month: September 2015
Psychology research links distress to perceived internet pornography addiction
A study of Internet pornography users suggests a person’s own feeling of being addicted to…
Antidepressant was misrepresented as safe for adolescents
A new study has found that a psychiatric drug claimed to be a safe and…
Converging black holes in Virgo constellation
Astronomers have provided additional evidence that a pair of closely orbiting black holes deep in…
Not all rhythmic skills are related, which may have implications for language ability
Tapping to a beat and remembering rhythms may not be related skills, which may also…
Research team pinpoints immune changes in blood of melanoma patients on PD-1 drugs that put potential biomarker within reach
A simple blood test can detect early markers of “reinvigorated” T cells and track immune…
Microbiome implicated in sickle cell disease; antibiotics can counter its effects
New research on sickle cell disease (SCD) has found that using antibiotics to deplete the…
Subtle variations in expression of imprinted genes to explain newborn health outcomes
In the first and largest studies to examine subtle variation of imprinted gene expression and…
Impact of shift in testing guidelines for assessing HER2 status in breast cancer patients
Accurately determining HER2 status in patients with breast cancer is a critical prognostic and predictive…
Epidemiologist says suicide, death from intentional self-injury is greatly underestimated in U.S.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States — greater even…