Survival often depends on animals’ ability to make split-second decisions that rely on imagining alternative futures: If I’m being chased by a hungry predator, do I zag left to get home safely or zig right to lead the predator away…
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Disparities seen in outcomes for young adults with CRC
(HealthDay)—Worse outcomes are seen for young adult (YA) patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) living in the lowest income and education areas, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held from Jan….
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Romanian kids raised in orphanages have brains tenth average size
Children who lived in deprived orphanages in Romania have brains that are almost 10% SMALLER than English adoptees Scientists took MRI scans of nearly 70 people raised in Romanian orphanages Volunteers had been beaten, starved and deprived of social interaction…
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Putting neglected tropical diseases in the spotlight: Lessons learned from Chagas disease
Today, January 30th 2020, is the inaugural World Neglected Tropical Diseases day. For the first time, global community leaders, health experts, civil society advocates, and policymakers have united to raise awareness about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), in hopes of removing…
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Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus
Newborns face unique immunological challenges immediately after birth. As they depart a relatively sterile fetal environment, they are abruptly exposed to a multitude of foreign antigens, the major burden of which is in the form of the microbiota newly colonizing…
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Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer
The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with Luis Montuenga from CIMA, and Enriqueta Felip from Vall d’Hebron Hospital, has revealed that inactivation of RB1 through intragenic rearrangements is frequent in…
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Study explores cognitive function in people with mental illness
A study funded by the Veterans Administration and directed by researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has shown few differences in the profiles of genes that influence cognition between people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and the…
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Community-based counselors help mitigate grief among children orphaned in East Africa
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants’ trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy, new research shows….
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Medicinal cannabis may not ease sleep problems in the long run
Medicinal cannabis might not ease sleep problems in people with chronic pain over the long term, because frequent users might build up tolerance to its sleep-inducing effects, suggests preliminary research published online in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. A second…
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Laughing gas 'can ease symptoms of depression in just two hours'
Laughing gas can ease symptoms of depression in just two hours by acting on a brain chemical with no side-effects, new research suggests Laughing gas can ease symptoms of depression in two hours, research suggests Ketamine and nitrous oxide act on…
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