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Effects of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease

29.08.2018 Health Problems

Researchers at Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied motor and cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Their results show that the adverse cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation are linked to a different neural pathway than that responsible for the treatment’s desired motor effects. This finding will help optimize treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Results from […]

Study shows new technology can predict fatal heart attacks

29.08.2018 Health Problems

Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur. Heart attacks are usually caused by inflamed plaques in the coronary artery causing an […]

Responding to cholera before it strikes

29.08.2018 Health Problems

Research by University of Maryland microbiologist Rita Colwell is enabling a new British-led international aid effort to predict and stop potential epidemics of the disease cholera before they happen. This international effort, which has already begun in Yemen, draws on decades of Colwell’s work to understand the water-borne bacterium Vibrio cholerae that causes the disease, and uses a computer model […]

Wet n Wild’s New Highlighting Bars Look Like a Metallic Dream Come True

29.08.2018 Beauty & Balance

Has there ever been a beauty era as glowy as this? Amidst the constant stream of dewy product drops, one of the collections with the most staying power is Wet n Wild’s MegaGlo highlighters, which have consistently been grounds for adding just one more shimmery formula to your makeup bag. And now, the instant-favorite drugstore highlighters are available in all-new […]

In US, sexuallly transmitted infections hit new highs

29.08.2018 Health Problems

Sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis soared to new record highs in the United States last year, public health officials said Tuesday. The reasons for the rise were not immediately clear, but the CDC pointed to prior research that has shown factors like poverty, stigma, discrimination and drug use can boost STD rates. Nearly 2.3 million cases of […]

Novel gene mutation found in lymphatic disorder

28.08.2018 Health Problems

Pediatric researchers have identified a gene mutation that causes a serious lymphatic condition, and used that knowledge to restore normal lymphatic vessels in model animals. The laboratory findings may lead to a new therapy for patients with this type of abnormal lymphatic circulation. “This discovery offers a potential avenue for intervening with existing drugs to treat patients with this complex, […]

Close ties with fathers help daughters overcome loneliness

28.08.2018 Health Problems

Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness, a new study has found. Researchers found that girls tended to report less loneliness as they went from first grade to fifth grade. But loneliness declined more quickly among girls who had a closer relationship with their fathers. “The bond between fathers and daughters is very important,” said […]

New treatment can halve hospital stays for some patients with heart infection

28.08.2018 Health Problems

A new treatment can halve hospital stays for some patients with a heart infection (endocarditis), according to late breaking results of the POET trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The nationwide Danish POET trial examined if it was feasible and safe to shorten the duration […]

Brain-heart activity predicts post-malaria epilepsy in mice

28.08.2018 Health Problems

Animals that develop epilepsy after an infection can be identified as early as three months prior to their first seizure by measuring interactions between the brain and the heart, according to new research using a mouse model of post-cerebral malaria epilepsy. Published in JNeurosci, this finding could inform efforts to diagnose and treat acquired epilepsy. Cerebral malaria afflicts more than […]

How we judge personality from faces depends on our pre-existing beliefs about how personality works

27.08.2018 Health Problems

We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others’ personalities work, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others’ personalities work, finds a […]

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