Reviewers’ Notes Childhood neglect and/or abuse can induce extreme stress that significantly changes neural networks and functions during growth. This can lead to mental illnesses, including depression and schizophrenia, but the exact mechanism and means to control it were yet to be discovered. On August 1, a KAIST research team led by Professor Won-Suk Chung from the Department of Biological […]

TOPLINE: A dramatic increase in cancer diagnoses following Medicaid expansion in Ohio suggests that expanding the program improves access to cancer care. METHODOLOGY: To assess the impact of Medicaid expansion on cancer diagnosis, investigators compared the volume of patients with newly diagnosed cancer in Ohio, which expanded its Medicaid coverage in 2014, with that of Georgia, which did not. State […]

Be still our hearts — Lindsay Lohan just made the ultimate Mean Girls reference, and it’s so totally fetch, caffeine headache symptoms we can’t handle it! (Like a former Plastic would give us anything less!) Lohan just shared her first postpartum photo since welcoming baby Luai last month with husband Bader Shammas. She is glowing in the mirror selfie, wearing […]

New research from the Faculty of Education has found a link between screen time and anxiety and depression in children. The study, led by assistant professor of education and Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Learning Disorders Emma Duerden, also found children were on screens for more than double the daily recommended amount during the COVID-19 pandemic. Duerden, who leads […]

An eight-year QIMR Berghofer clinical trial of a brain stimulation treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has ended with a negative result, but researchers say the outcome helps progress the development of effective interventions for the debilitating condition. In results published in the journal Nature Mental Health, the trial of a specific form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment found it […]

In a breakthrough finding researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center identified a sensitive developmental period during adolescence that impacts adult impulsivity, aggression, and dopamine function in mice. As organisms grow from embryo to adult, they pass through sensitive time-periods where developmental trajectories are influenced by environmental factors. These windows of plasticity often allow organisms to adapt to their surroundings […]

Reviewers’ Notes "We searched for human genetic variation that associates with spontaneous control of HIV and identified a novel region in the genome that is only variable in populations of African ancestries," says Professor Jacques Fellay at EPFL's School of Life Sciences. "We used a combination of computational and experimental approaches to explore the biological mechanism behind the genetic association […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of trifluridine and tipiracil (Lonsurf, Taiho Oncology) along with bevacizumab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) who have previously undergone treatment with fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy as well as an anti-VEGF biological therapy and an anti-EGFR if tumors are RAS wild-type. The FDA previously approved trifluridine/tipiracil as […]

Dr Hilary lists the early symptoms of dementia A grandmother who suffers from dementia meets her grandchildren each day for the “first time” in “bittersweet” moment. Josie Hunt, a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with Korsakoff syndrome – a form of dementia induced by alcohol, synthroid testosterone side effects rediscovers she is a grandmother each day. Despite her memory challenges, Josie’s reaction […]

Heartbreaking cancer battle of girl, 9, who inspired ‘holy grail’ pill shown to annihilate ALL solid tumours AOH1996 is codenamed after Anna Olivia Healey, who died aged just 9 in 2005 READ MORE: ‘Groundbreaking’ pill annihilates ALL types of solid tumors in study  When Anna Olivia Healey died of cancer aged nine, her grieving parents vowed to honour their daughter’s memory and […]