Nearly 25 years after the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda took the lives of up to one million victims,…
New technique offers rapid assessment of radiation exposure
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to assess radiation exposure in about an hour using an insulator…
How words get an emotional meaning
Everyday objects and people have an emotional meaning. A wool sock might have an emotional value if it was the…
Two-thirds of stroke survivors are in exceptionally good mental health
Two-thirds of stroke survivors are in complete mental health despite the impact of their stroke, according to a large, nationally…
Mice sleeping fitfully provide clues to insomnia
Researchers working with mice with sleep problems similar to those experienced by people with the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1…
BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to understand cancer risk
A global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is available to…
Maternal stress leads to overweight in children
Researchers were able to identify mother’s perceived stress during the first year of the child’s life as a risk factor…
Lack of standard dosage for blood thinners can lead to bleeding during bariatric surgery
Researchers have found a way to reduce bleeding in patients following bariatric surgery.
How specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk
New research directly links genetic variants found in people with bipolar disorder to reduced expression, function of protein CPG2, with…
School counselors reflect on their experience following student deaths
When five school counselors who were part of a counseling team were interviewed to learn how they professionally and personally…