Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a common hereditary eye disorder that leads to the gradual deterioration of rod cells causing reduced
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A computer system that knows how you feel
Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one? Could it distinguish,
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FDA approves first noninjection glucagon therapy
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first noninjection glucagon therapy for emergency treatment of severe hypoglycemia, the
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How to consider nature’s impact on mental health in city plans
Almost one in five adults in the U.S. lives with a mental illness. That statistic is similar worldwide, with an
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Findings from CARE Consortium added to global repository for brain injury data
Data from the world’s most comprehensive concussion study is now publicly available in a repository aimed at providing traumatic brain
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Deep distrust undermines effort to fight Ebola in Congo
Until his last breath, Salomon Nduhi Kambale insisted he had been poisoned by someone and that was the reason he
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Brain protein mutation from child with autism causes autism-like behavioral change in mice
A de novo gene mutation that encodes a brain protein in a child with autism has been placed into the
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Breast cancer research could expand lung cancer therapies
New research into a genetic mutation’s role in breast cancer could open new treatment options for lung cancer, according to
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Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn’t a silver bullet
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public
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More cancer patients get help to quit smoking
When patients who smoke begin cancer treatment at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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