Sex, aggression overlap in male brains: Study
New York--Brain structures that control aggressive and sexual behaviour are controlled differently in females, but they tend to overlap in males, a new study...
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to a better night’s sleep
By Molly Callahan
News at Northeastern
Most guidelines suggest adults get six to eight hours of sleep each night. Lichuan Ye, associate professor in the Bouvé...
Psychosis raises suicide risk by 5-fold in kids
Sydney--Children who hear voices and see things that others cannot may be five times more likely to subsequently have suicidal thoughts or attempt to...
Protective organ response yields clue for alcoholic liver disease treatment
BOSTON--Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in the organ that might be targeted to help...
Cell cycle-blocking drugs can shrink tumors by enlisting immune system in attack on cancer,...
BOSTON--In the brief time that drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, doctors have made a...
Globally 8 in 1,000 kids born with foetal alcohol syndrome
Toronto--Nearly eight out of every 1,000 children worldwide are born with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), which increases their risk of developing physical, mental,...
Testosterone therapy improves sexual functions
New York-- Long-term testosterone replacement therapy improves both sexual and urinary functions as well as quality of life for men suffering from a condition...
Breast cancer may kill 76,000 Indian women a year by 2020
Dubai--Lack of early diagnosis of breast cancer may kill 76,000 Indian women in a year by 2020, says a study, one of whose researchers...
Deep sleep reinforces learning of motor skills: Study
San Francisco-- Neuroscientists at the University of California here have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor skills during deep sleep.
In a study published...
Nation’s opioid emergency shows in findings on ICUs
BOSTON--The same week that President Trump declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a national emergency, investigators at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported a...