Anxiety is a common emotional state that can be particularly pronounced or difficult to process for individuals diagnosed with anxiety
Month: March 2021
Watching the brain learn
Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain plasticity (how the brain can learn, develop and reorganize itself) is crucial
Think the brain is always efficient? Think again
A Purdue University neuroscientist’s findings suggest that the brain is not as efficient as we think. To be efficient, it’s
Study shows simple blood test could detect liver injury earlier
University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their
SPARC: Protein responsible for tendon strength and resilience isolated in new study
We may have been taught that milk does a body good, but when it comes to the ability of our
Five days of antibiotics fine for children with pneumonia
Many parents know the struggle of having to make children with pneumonia finish the usual 10-day course in antibiotics despite
Predicting pediatric seizures with a wristband
The ability to track seizures has a number of potential benefits: It could allow physicians to better determine optimal dosing
Study reveals how egg cells get so big
Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell Egg cells
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to products for preventing HIV from anal sex
The initial insights from the study, aptly named DESIRE (Developing and Evaluating Short-acting Innovations for Rectal Use), are being reported
Eight ways chemical pollutants harm the body
A new review of existing evidence proposes eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants