To help people live well with dementia we need a better understanding of its psychological…
Month: November 2016
Low growth in global carbon emissions continues for third successive year
Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels did not grow in 2015 and are projected…
Nutrition protects against the impact of stress on the brain in early life
Young mice that grow up in stressful circumstances go on to have fewer cognitive-impairments and…
Underwater Stone Age settlement mapped out
Six years ago divers discovered the oldest known stationary fish traps in northern Europe off…
Personalized antibiotic treatment
A sensor platform that quantifies antibiotics in human blood within minutes has now been developed…
3D printing: Customized insoles for diabetes patients
In the past, insoles for patients with diabetes were hand-made by orthopedic shoemakers. In the…
Tiny super magnets could be the future of drug delivery
Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs….
Machine learning to help physicians
Physicians have long used visual judgment of medical images to determine the course of cancer…
Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior
A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific…
Long-term use of opioid patches common among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Approximately seven per cent of persons with Alzheimer’s disease use strong pain medicines, opioids, for…