With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool can predict how current drugs–including unlikely candidates…
Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation
One of the largest sleep studies dubunks theory that suggests attention is the only cognitive function affected by sleep deprivation.
Heart-Failure Therapy — New Drugs but Old Habits?
In 2015, empagliflozin, an inhibitor of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), lowered the composite cardiovascular end point in the EMPA-REG trial…
Management of less common symptoms in palliative care
Symptom management is the cornerstone of good palliative care. Although symptoms such as pain, nausea and dyspnoea are readily assessed…
Diet pills, laxatives used for weight control linked with later eating disorder diagnosis
Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control had higher…
Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression
Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say.
Some hyper-realistic masks more believable than human faces, study suggests
Researchers asked participants to look at pairs of photographs and decide which showed a normal face and which showed a…
Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: Anti-itch medicine
Researchers are investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve cells can make morphine —…
Medical News Today: What to know about fissured tongue
Fissured tongue causes a person to develop one or multiple grooves on their tongue. It is not usually a serious…
Germ-free lungs of newborn mice are partially protected against hyperoxia
Researchers have used a novel and first-of-its-kind newborn mouse model to study the effect of high oxygen concentrations, or hyperoxia,…