Despite the suffering caused by bipolar disorder – also known as manic depression—a significant minority of patients actually want to
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Scientists can predict where a rat will go based on hippocampal neuron firing
Place cells in the hippocampus fire when we are in a certain position—this discovery by John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and
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Marijuana use has no effect on kidney transplant outcomes
A new study in Clinical Kidney Journal indicates that the usage of marijuana by kidney donors has no measurable effect
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Dry skin on holidays in Bali? Consider a 'beer spa' (or not)
I’ve got a frosty schooner of Carlsberg in one hand and a Vogue in the other. Soothing music is coming
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Research shows diet has little influence on precursor to gout
Dietary factors have a far smaller influence on urate levels (a precursor to gout) than previously envisaged, new University of
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Lessons from the 1918 flu pandemic, 100 years on
This year marks the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, the worst flu outbreak in recorded history. A new study
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Yale approach bases decision-making on older adults’ own health priorities
In a pilot project, researchers at Yale, New York University School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine have shown
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Do price spikes on some generic drugs indicate problems in the market?
A new USC study reports that sudden price spikes for some generic drugs—such as the recently reported increases of a
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Many Proxies Unaware of Centenarians’ Thoughts on Death
FRIDAY, Sept. 28, 2018 — Many proxies of centenarians are not well-informed about the centenarians’ thoughts and plans regarding the
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Researchers discover the way we see an image depends on ‘where we are’
A study conducted by a Fight for Sight-funded researcher has discovered that the way we see an image changes depending
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