My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public Release: 3-Oct-2018 Hug receipt on day of interpersonal conflict correlated with smaller decrease in positive affect PLOS Receiving hugs may buffer against deleterious changes in mood associated with…
Public Release: 8-Apr-2016 University of Toronto It's been known for more than a century that acetaminophen is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U of T study…
Public Release: 28-Jan-2016 The brain communicates on several channels Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Caption The human brain 'fires' on different channels: nerve cells are active in alpha, beta and gamma channels with different…
Public Release: 20-Jan-2016 University of British Columbia [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2CWiisD5p4&w=448&h=252&hd=1] Credit: University of British Columbia Adding flashing lights and music to gambling encourages risky decision-making -- even if you're a rat. In…
Public Release: 17-Dec-2015 Healthy reflections Cornell Food & Brand Lab People often choose the unhealthy food because they think it is tastier. Aiming for solutions promoting healthy eating…
Public Release: 16-Sep-2015 Results contradict original findings and have important implications for research and practice BMJ The widely used antidepressant paroxetine is neither safe nor effective for adolescents with depression,…
Public Release: 20-Jul-2015 Music training initiated during high school might hone brain development Northwestern University Music enhances the teenage brain's response to sound; sharpens language skills Band class had larger…
Public Release: 14-Jul-2015 If you can't tell a smile from a scowl, you're probably not getting enough sleep University of California - Berkeley If you can't tell a smile from…
“One early hypothesis was that lower levels of cholesterol may reduce brain serotonin. (The connection between low brain serotonin activity and violence has been viewed as one of the most…
Public Release: 17-Jun-2015 San Francisco State University People with lower educational levels and incomes are less likely to know about yoga, acupuncture, natural products and chiropractic medicine, according to a…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDIlnyzcDws] The newly published study analysed the pre-crime use of prescription drugs among all persons convicted of a homicide in Finland between 2003 and 2011 “Benzodiazepines can weaken impulse…
Public Release: 21-May-2015 New research shows that infections can impair your cognitive ability measured on an IQ scale; the study is the largest of its kind to date, and it…
Public Release: 21-May-2015 - TV food commercials activated overweight adolescents' brain region that controls their mouths Dartmouth College IMAGE: The most surprising finding of a new Dartmouth College study was…
UGA using NIH grant to track vaccine attitudes with Twitter May 1, 2015 developed to study vaccination attitudes and behaviors through social media could change the way researchers conduct public…
Public Release: 29-Apr-2015 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Imagine a hand-held electronic device - accessible, portable and nearly universal - that could reduce pain and discomfort for patients, and allow…
By NICK CAHILL SACRAMENTO (CN) - Before a hostile audience of parents threatening to take their children out of public school, a California Senate committee Wednesday delayed a…
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 How will genomics impact the role of the placebo in patient care and clinical research? Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON -Placebos have helped to ease symptoms…
- Human social behavior does, indeed, change with exposure - Compared to the 48 hours preexposure, participants interacted with significantly more people, and in significantly larger groups, during the 48…
Public Release: 31-Mar-2015 University of Sydney A world first study revealing the presence of two antibodies in a sub-group of children experiencing their first episode of psychosis affirms a longstanding…
Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 A new study finds that limiting flies to specific eating hours protected their hearts against aging San Diego State University SAN DIEGO (Thursday, March 12, 2015) --…
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