According to a UCSF study, a telecare programme that improves outcomes for dementia patients while reducing the burden on unpaid caregivers also offers the unexpected benefit of lowering Medicare expenses.
Trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees for the best cherry harvest. A recent study performed by a University of Gothenburg professor demonstrates yet another advantage of biodiversity.
On PM Modi’s upcoming visit to Raigarh, Baij said, “The PM has discriminated against Chhattisgarh, but today he wants power so he is roaming in states where elections are due. I think he should visit Manipur and Haryana once so that the situation improves.”
Sleep disturbance is linked to chronic stress. In their current study, Lu Huang and colleagues uncover the brain circuit behind this behaviour and explain how bright-light treatment may combat it. The study was carried out in mice at Jinan University in China and was published in the open ac
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 21: The Institute of Brain & Spine was launched yesterday at Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road. It was inaugurated by Thiru K. N. Nehru, Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, Government of Tamil Nadu. With an increase in incidence
Multiple studies in animal models have shown that melatonin and its derivatives improve memory. It is also known that the phosphorylation of certain memory-related proteins is required for the formation of both short- and long-term memories.
According to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, equipping cancer-infecting viruses with tumour-inhibiting genetic cargo promotes the immune system and aids immunotherapy in shrinking or completely clearing aggressive tumours in mice. The findings pave the way f
Parkinson's disease (PD), which affects millions of people worldwide, causes gait irregularities that substantially decrease their quality of life. Despite the availability of several pharmacological, surgical, and rehabilitative treatments, their effectiveness is limited. This limitation ha
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness that affects millions of people worldwide, experience gait-related abnormalities that significantly lower their quality of life. Despite the existence of numerous pharmaceutical, surgical, and rehabilitative treatments, their efficacy is con
“He (Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee) was successfully weaned off from invasive ventilation yesterday and is presently on non-invasive ventilatory support,” authorities at the hospital said.
Maintaining the quality and productivity of crops adapted to lower temperatures will become increasingly difficult as global temperatures rise. Rice is one crop that has been shown to be damaged by increased nighttime temperatures during the ripening phase, exhibiting a trait known as "chalk
In the soil where they grow, plants create alliance with bacteria. Legumes, for instance, benefit from a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms that live in nodules in their roots and "fix" atmospheric nitrogen to make it available for the legumes' growth. But do microbes generally benef