Depression is common in older age and with an ageing population how late-life depression is managed will become increasingly important.
Month: February 2019
Versatile drug may protect baby from intraamniotic infections
A prescription drug used to treat conditions as varied as acetaminophen overdose and cystic fibrosis, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), has shown promise
Treating kidney cancer with drug combination
Patients who received the immunotherapy drug avelumab plus axitinib, a targeted agent, had a significant advantage in progression-free survival compared with those
Chimpanzee Brain Organoids Hint at Secrets of Human Evolution
At some point during human evolution, a handful of genetic changes triggered a dramatic threefold expansion of the brain’s neocortex,
Thinking positively during pregnancy? You could be helping your child’s ability in maths and science
Using data from Bristol’s Children of the 90s study the research is one of a series from the University of Bristol,
Male mice hard-wired to recognize sex of other mice
The discovery, by Stanford researchers, of neurons that drive mice’s innate ability to identify the sex of other mice highlights
Sociologists explore who does, and doesn’t, want a DNA ancestry test
At-home DNA testing kits may be the latest fad, but according to new research by Stanford sociologists, not everyone is
Statins could protect against motor neurone disease
High cholesterol has been found to be a possible risk factor for the development of motor neurone disease (MND), according
NIH researchers home in on genes linked to age-related macular degeneration
National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a
Nerve transfer surgery gives hope to children with rare paralyzing illness
At Brandon Noblitt’s first appointment with Washington University surgeon Amy Moore, MD, a year ago, he was barely able to walk,
