Psychology & Psychiatry
6 in 10 stroke survivors will struggle with depression years later, study finds
A new study says 6 out of every 10 stroke survivors wind up struggling with depression later in their lives.
Mar 26, 2024
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News tagged with biochemicals
Diabetes
Study charts possibilities for a better way to diagnose gestational diabetes
A Rutgers professor and other researchers have performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate studies comparing perinatal outcomes among individuals with gestational diabetes mellitus. Pregnancy weight and biochemical ...
Dec 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psilocybin has treatment potential for a range of psychiatric conditions but remains poorly understood, says study
Medicinal psilocybin may prove to be an untapped therapeutic resource for a variety of psychiatric conditions identified by researchers at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Dec 15, 2023
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Cardiology
New study explains why people with obesity are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease
Obesity is a public health problem worldwide that currently affects more than 40% of adults in the U.S. Alarmingly, more than 9% of the U.S. population had severe (Class 3) obesity in 2020, the highest designation with a ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds that brain tumors 'hack' the communication between neurons
Nearly half of all patients with brain metastasis experience cognitive impairment. Until now, it was thought that this was due to the physical presence of the tumor pressing on neural tissue. But this "mass effect" hypothesis ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Neuroscience
Baby neurons in adult brains are needed to maintain memory: Study
A quarter-century ago, researchers discovered that adults, not just developing infants, can generate new brain cells, a process called neurogenesis. But it's still not clear what role these new neurons play in health or disease.
Aug 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Engineered probiotic developed to treat multiple sclerosis
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have designed a probiotic to suppress autoimmunity in the brain, which occurs when the immune system attacks ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Neuroscience
Protein kinase C delta activity triggered by plasticity of synapses regulates cell-wide changes in gene transcription
When you interact with the world around you, your experiences are recorded as changes in the connection strengths between neurons in your brain. This process, called synaptic plasticity, alters how information flows through ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Diabetes
New comprehensive review of biochemical markers of bone fragility in diabetes
The risk of fragility fractures is increased in people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. While guidance for the evaluation and management of fracture risk in these patients has been recently proposed by an International ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumor Metabolism Atlas offers a new way to discover cancer mechanisms
An atlas that catalogs gene activity and the levels of small molecules called metabolites in tumor samples offers a new way of identifying the deep mechanisms of cancer, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine ...
Jun 29, 2023
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