Considering a patient’s genetics could inform clinicians which medications would be most effective in controlling cravings and treating alcohol use
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Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns
University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the mix of alcohol and nicotine significantly alters the gene
Pale melanomas masked by albino gene
People with pale colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland
Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with adverse outcomes during middle childhood
While cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found evidence that
Fructose made in the brain could be a mechanism driving Alzheimer’s disease
New research released from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus proposes that Alzheimer’s disease may be driven by the
Study discovers multiple unapproved drugs in ‘brain boosting’ supplements
Supplements that claim to improve mental focus and memory may contain unapproved pharmaceutical drugs and in potentially dangerous combinations and
Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect
There are no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for COVID-19, the pandemic infection caused by a novel coronavirus.
Feeling frisky makes you see what you want to see
There’s something to rose-tinted glasses after all. A group of psychologists at the University of Rochester and the Israeli-based Interdisciplinary
Guts and brains: How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
During pregnancy in mice, the billions of bacteria and other microbes that live in a mother’s intestines regulate key metabolites,
