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Male contraceptive shows promise in preclinical study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In preclinical models, an investigational contraceptive medication created by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers temporarily inhibits sperm and prevents pregnancies. The study, which was published in Nature Communications on February 14, reveals the feasibility of on-demand male contraceptio
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Researchers use radiomics to predict heart attacks
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America, researchers are employing a technique known as radiomics to predict future cardiac events such as heart attacks (RSNA). Radiomics enables researchers to extract quantitative, or quantifiable,
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Some stroke patients become more fatigued afterwards: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Every year, around 9 000 persons are admitted to Norwegian hospitals with stroke. Approximately half of these patients report feeling weary after the stroke, and many reports sleeping more throughout the day than they did before the stroke. These side effects are difficult to deal with and h
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Mother's blessing: Microbiota from mothers regulates lung immunity in newb
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joo Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in the scientific journal Cell Reports discovered that T cells influence the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing,
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Study reveals how CBD counters epileptic seizures
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A study reveals a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a substance found in cannabis, reduces seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of pediatric epilepsy.
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Low brain pressure could be risk factor for developing glaucoma: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An international team of researchers led by Lithuanian scientists provide additional evidence that intracranial pressure plays an important role in normal-tension glaucoma, which accounts for up to 50 per cent of all glaucoma cases. A recent clinical study demonstrates that low intracranial
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Smart necklace to help you stop smoking: Looks like jewellery, but it's tr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A necklace that could help you quit smoking is on the way. Northwestern Medicine researchers created a smart neck-worn gadget that looks like a lapis blue pendant and detects smoking significantly more reliably than prior systems. It accomplishes this by collecting heat signatures from therm
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Here's everything you need to know about new gluten-free flour made from s
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
weet potatoes, which are orange and starchy, are delicious when mashed, chopped into fries, or just roasted whole. But you probably haven't thought about grinding them into flour and baking them into your next batch of cookies - at least, not yet! A recent study published in ACS Food Science
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Kids use same brain network as adults for tough problems: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Children as young as 4 years old show evidence of a network in the brain found in adults that tackles complex cognitive problems, a new study found.
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Research reveals link between obesity-related neurodegeneration and Alzhei
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A recent study found a link between neurodegeneration in obese persons and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, implying that decreasing weight could reduce cognitive decline and lower the incidence of AD.
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Chat may convert peer to a pro-sustainability stance: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New research reveals that sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a conversation can change the opinion of someone who is dismissive of efforts to safeguard the planet.
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Patients receive too little rehab therapy after stroke: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new UCLA-led study that monitored over 500 patients across 28 acute care hospitals in their first year after a stroke, many patients do not receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite clear evidence that higher levels can reduce long-term disability.
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