Female veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have more heart disease risk factors, including obesity, at younger ages than female veterans without PTSD, according to […]
Flu shots help prevent illness, death in heart disease patients
An annual flu vaccination is inexpensive, easy and proven to prevent illness and death in people with heart disease, however, almost 1 in 3 patients […]
Why we need a better understanding of how PTSD affects families
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term “post-traumatic stress disorder”? When I ask this question in public presentations, the […]
Study shows artificial intelligence can detect language problems tied to liver failure
Natural language processing, the technology that lets computers read, decipher, understand and make sense of human language, is the driving force behind internet search engines, […]
Vitamin D dials down aggression in melanoma cells
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells in the lab by making them less aggressive, Cancer Research UK scientists have found. The researchers from […]
‘I knew that was going to happen:’ Déjà vu and the ‘postdictive’ bias
For many, déjà vu is just a fleeting, eerie sensation that “I’ve been here before.” For others, it gets even eerier: In that moment of […]
Women less likely to receive treatment for myocardial infarction
(HealthDay)—Use of sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for myocardial infarction identifies more additional women than men with myocardial injury, but women are less likely to receive treatment, […]
Even mild hearing loss as a child can have long-term effects on how the brain processes sound
When we are born, our brains have a lot to learn. For the newborn baby, everything they learn about the world around them comes from […]
Unlocking happiness
What is the key to happiness? More to the point, is there a universal skeleton key that city dwellers could use to unlock happiness? Writing […]
Blood cancers: New generation stem cell transplant significantly reduces complications for patients
The discovery of the UM171 molecule, by Dr. Guy Sauvageau and Anne Marinier, made headlines in 2014 following an article in Science. Hailed by some […]
Novel technology allows more accurate measurement of brain activity
Aalto University researchers are designing a brain-imaging device that uses a new type of sensor placed on the surface of a person’s head. The new […]
How Should I Finance Assisted Living?
In March 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that by 2030, all baby boomers will be over the age of 65, leading to a unique […]
What Is Assisted Living?
For many older adults, advancing age means they’ll face a time when living alone is no longer feasible. Certain aspects of daily living become more […]
Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness
Loneliness is estimated to affect roughly one in five adults in the United States. It also stands as a public health crisis because loneliness has […]