France / Français
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 20, 2020
COMBINED PRENATAL SMOKING AND DRINKING GREATLY INCREASES SIDS RISK
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden...
Pregnancy -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 20, 2020
WISDOM OF THE CROWD? BUILDING BETTER FORECASTS FROM SUBOPTIMAL PREDICTORS
Scientists have shown how to combine the forecasts of a collection of suboptimal 'delay embedding' predictors for time series data....
Brain -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 20, 2020
BECOMING LESS ACTIVE AND GAINING WEIGHT: DOWNSIDES OF BECOMING AN ADULT
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased...
Drop -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 20, 2020
NEW DOG, OLD TRICKS? STRAY DOGS CAN UNDERSTAND HUMAN CUES
Pet dogs are highly receptive to commands from their owners. But is this due to their training or do dogs have an innate ability to...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 19, 2020
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NOVEL POTENTIAL TARGET FOR DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT
New research discovers a novel potential target for treating drug addiction through 'the hidden stars of the brain.'
Drugs, Brain -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 19, 2020
STUDY USES EYE MOVEMENT TEST TO CONFIRM BRAIN AGING EFFECTS
Researchers have used a newly developed eye movement test to improve the understanding of how parts of the brain work.
Brain, Eye -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
INGESTIBLE MEDICAL DEVICES CAN BE BROKEN DOWN WITH LIGHT
Engineers have developed a light-sensitive material that allows gastrointestinal devices to be triggered to break down inside the body...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
A WEARABLE GAS SENSOR FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available.
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
LOW DOSES OF RADIATION USED IN MEDICAL IMAGING LEAD TO MUTATIONS IN CELL CULTURES
Common medical imaging procedures use low doses of radiation that are believed to be safe. A new study, however, finds that in human...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
NEURON FOUND IN MICE COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE DIET DRUGS
A CALCR cell found in mice may stop feeding without subsequential nauseating effects, as well as influence the long term intake of...
Food, Drugs, Diet -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
HUMAN FETAL LUNGS HARBOR A MICROBIOME SIGNATURE
The lungs and placentas of fetuses in the womb - as young as 11 weeks after conception - already show a bacterial microbiome signature,...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
ACTIVATION OF A DISTINCT GENETIC PATHWAY CAN SLOW THE PROGRESS OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
Activation of the BMP4 signalling pathway presents a new therapeutic strategy to combat metastatic breast cancer, a disease that has...
Cancer, Breast, Breasts -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
THE WAY YOU DANCE IS UNIQUE, AND COMPUTERS CAN TELL IT'S YOU
Nearly everyone responds to music with movement, whether through subtle toe-tapping or an all-out boogie. A recent discovery shows...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
REAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY
A new study has definitively shown that regular exposure to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, during pregnancy has...
Pregnancy -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
RETHINKING INTERACTIONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS
New research overturns the belief that people with severe mental illness are incapable of effective communication with their psychiatrist,...
-
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
RICH REWARDS: SCIENTISTS REVEAL ADHD MEDICATION'S EFFECT ON THE BRAIN
Researchers have identified how certain areas of the human brain respond to methylphenidate - a stimulant drug which is used to treat...
Drugs, Brain -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
FOCUS ON OPIOIDS AND CANNABIS IN CHRONIC PAIN MEDIA COVERAGE
New Zealand media reports on chronic pain are focusing on treatments involving opioids and cannabis at the expense of best practice...
Drugs -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
CHEAP DRUG MAY ALLEVIATE TREATMENT-RESISTANCE IN LEUKEMIA
A common and inexpensive drug may be used to counteract treatment resistance in patients with acute myeloid leukemia , one of the most...
Leukemia, Drugs, Cancer -
By ScienceDaily - Jan 17, 2020
INTERNET USE REDUCES STUDY SKILLS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Research has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more...
-
The headlines of Master Doctor
-
More Than 2 Million People with Heart Disease Have Used Marijuana: Study
Over 2 million Americans with severe heart disease are using or have used marijuana, and they say that could be a cause for concern as it is risky for people taking common...
-
Novel Way to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Identified
Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death and Sudden Cardiac Arrest : New study has shown that by changing the time course of voltage change early in action potential, it is now possible to...
-
Don't cut salt completely: Animal study discovers that high-salt diets can...
Having too much salt in your diet is incredibly unhealthy. High-salt intake can exacerbate conditions like multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel diseases. However, when it...
-
Spending at least 2 hours in nature per week improves overall health and...
A mountain of research is giving near-conclusive evidence to the idea that exposing yourself to nature improves your physical and mental health, and the effects go beyond just...
-
Popular 'cocktails in a can' and alcopops can contain as much sugar as SIX...
A nutritional review of 208 pre-mixed alcoholic drinks on UK supermarket shelves found just 14 had labelling revealing how much sweet stuff they contained.
-
Men 'should be allowed to donate sperm after death'
Two experts from the University of Leicester and Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester said it would be 'morally acceptable' for men to have their sperm harvested after they died...
-
Medicinal cannabis may not ease sleep problems in people with chronic pain
Researchers at the University of Israel assessed the sleep quality and levels of pain of 128 people over 50 being treated at a specialist clinic.
-
HPV vaccine is 'near perfect' and up to 99.8% effective, study finds
A researcher from King's College London analysed eight years worth of data for 60million people in 14 countries and found the vaccine is just as effective in the real world as...
-
Using marijuana may put the lives of millions of heart patients at risk
More than two million Americans with heart disease are using or have used marijuana - and it could put them at risk of dangerously bleeding or liver damage, a Brigham and...
-
Effect Of ADHD Medication's on Brain Revealed
People with ADHD are often prescribed with a stimulant drug called methylphenidate, which treats these symptoms. Scientists have now discovered the effect of medication on the...