A mindfulness-based stress reduction course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in…
People with Parkinson’s disease have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19
A new database analysis of approximately 80,000 patients shows that people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have a 30 percent higher…
Expert opinion: COVID-19 vaccine rollout unlikely before fall 2021
Experts working in the field of vaccine development tend to believe that an effective vaccine is not likely to be…
Element in blood is part of human — and hibernating squirrel — stress response, study reveals
A new study shows that part of the stress response in people and animals involves increasing the levels of naturally…
Nurture trumps nature in determining severity of PTSD symptoms
Researchers previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are especially susceptible to the…
Gene expression altered by direction of forces acting on cell
Tissues and cells in the human body are subjected to a constant push and pull – strained by other cells,…
Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium, a leading cause of diarrheal disease…
Cells sacrifice themselves to boost immune response to viruses
Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a…
Survey finds American support for human-animal chimera research
In September 2015, the US National Institutes of Health placed a funding moratorium on research that involves introducing human pluripotent…
Flexible and biodegradable electronic blood vessels
Researchers have developed electronic blood vessels that can be actively tuned to address subtle changes in the body after implantation.…