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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…
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…
Public Release: 20-Jan-2016 University of British Columbia Credit: University of British Columbia Adding flashing lights and music to gambling encourages risky decision-making — even if…
Public Release: 17-Dec-2015 Healthy reflections Cornell Food & Brand Lab People often choose the unhealthy food because they think it is tastier. Aiming…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By NICK CAHILL SACRAMENTO (CN) – Before a hostile audience of parents threatening to take their children out of public school, a California…
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…
– Human social behavior does, indeed, change with exposure – Compared to the 48 hours preexposure, participants interacted with significantly more people, and in significantly…
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…
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…