New research is contributing to a better understanding of the ways opiate-class drugs modify brain…
Month: May 2016
Study investigates why blacks have higher risk of cognitive impairment
Social and economic disadvantages play a significant role in why blacks face a much higher…
Ecologists advise an increase in prescribed grassland burning to maintain ecosystem, livelihood
At least 50 percent of the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills is burned every…
First 3-D mathematical model of uterine contractions created
Although researchers have been seeking the origins of preterm birth for many years, the causes…
Comparison of couples’ therapy interventions for breast cancer patients shows different benefits depending on stress level
Is a couples’ support group or an enhanced couples’ group therapy intervention with skill instruction…
Is endurance training bad for you?
In 2012, Belgian scientists published a study that concluded that repeated bouts of intensive endurance…
New blood test for the detection of Bovine TB
A new blood test to detect Mycobacteria in blood has been developed by researchers. The…
Teenage brain on social media
Teenagers’ brains have been scanned while they used social media in a first-of-its-kind study. Among…
Ever-changing moods may be toxic to the brain of bipolar patients
A new study shows that the blood of bipolar patients is toxic to brain cells…
Child’s play: Australia’s newest roboticists see eye-to-eye with R2-D2
Children from age 4 can become robot programmers rather than waiting for the higher years…