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Released: 23-Mar-2017 10:25 AM EDT
Scientists Use Parasite’s Internal Clock to Attack Sleeping Sickness
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The parasite that causes deadly sleeping sickness has its own biological clock that makes it more vulnerable to medications during the afternoon, according to international research that may help improve treatments for one of Africa’s most lethal diseases.

Released: 23-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Researchers Propose New Diagnostic Model for Psychiatric Disorders
University of Notre Dame

A consortium of 50 psychologists and psychiatrists, including Notre Dame professors Lee Anna Clark and David Watson, has outlined a new diagnostic model for mental illness.

21-Mar-2017 5:00 PM EDT
A New Approach to Diagnosing Mental Disorders Could Become an Alternative to DSM-5
Stony Brook University

A consortium of psychiatrists and psychologists from universities worldwide, co-led by Stony Brook University, University of Minnesota and University of Notre Dame, has proposed a new approach to diagnosing mental disorders.

21-Mar-2017 12:05 AM EDT
Study Identifies Brain Cells Involved in Pavlovian Response
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA scientists have traced the Pavlovian response to a small cluster of brain cells -- the same neurons that go awry during Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Tourette syndrome. The research could one day help scientists find new approaches to diagnosing and treating these neurological disorders.

20-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Loss of Spouse or Partner to Suicide Linked to Physical, Mental Disorders
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People who lose a partner to suicide are at increased risk for a number of mental and physical disorders, including cancer, depression, herniated discs and mood disorders than those in the general population, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.

17-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Transgender College Students May Use Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism
Research Society on Alcoholism

Although college can be demanding for young adults, it may be particularly so for transgender students struggling with identity-formation and other emotional, social, and developmental challenges. Prior research suggests that transgender students may experience greater drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences than their cisgender peers (i.e., those whose gender matches their sex at birth). This study examined levels of drinking, frequency of blackouts and other alcohol-related consequences, and drinking motivations among transgender college students.

   
Released: 21-Mar-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Roger Penrose Institute to Form in San Diego
Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona

A unique institute is being formed to develop and investigate the forward-thinking ideas of eminent British physicist Sir Roger Penrose. To be based in San Diego, California, with collaborations in London and Oxford in the UK, and Tucson, Arizona, the Institute will examine the interplay between quantum mechanics and general relativity and the possible implications on our understanding of consciousness.

Released: 21-Mar-2017 7:05 AM EDT
People Afraid of Robots Are Much More Likely to Fear Losing Their Jobs and Suffer Anxiety-Related Mental Health Issues, Baylor Study Finds
Baylor University

“Technophobes” — people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don’t understand — are much more likely to be afraid of losing their jobs due to technology and to suffer anxiety-related mental health issues, a Baylor University researcher says.

21-Mar-2017 5:00 AM EDT
Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Type of Muscle and Brain Degenerative Disease
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA researchers have discovered the molecular basis of an incurable disease known as inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease with frontotemporal dementia, or IBMPFD. Using both fruit flies and human cells the researchers discovered how IBMPFD mutations cause cellular damage, and identified two compounds that are able to reverse the mutations effects. The findings suggest potential strategies to combat IBMPFD and other diseases, including ALS.

17-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Mouse Study Identifies New Method for Treating Depression
UC San Diego Health

Standard antidepressant medications don’t work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression treatments, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that inhibiting an enzyme called Glyoxalase 1 (GLO1) relieves signs of depression in mice. Moreover, inhibiting GLO1 worked much faster than the conventional antidepressant Prozac.

Released: 20-Mar-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers Gain Insight Into Day-to-Day Lives of Parents Raising Children with Autism
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A new study by Waisman Center researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison looks at the daily experiences of the parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to provide a more detailed picture of the strengths and vulnerabilities of couples raising a child with ASD.

17-Mar-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Sanford Burnham Prebys Scientist Joins Forces with Rady Children's for Genomic Medicine to Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
Sanford Burnham Prebys

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) announced that Robert Wechsler-Reya, Ph.D., has been named program director for the Joseph Clayes III Research Center for Neuro-Oncology and Genomics at RCIGM. Wechsler-Reya, a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), will retain his position as director of the Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program at SBP’s NCI-designated Cancer Center and will hold a joint appointment at RCIGM.

Released: 20-Mar-2017 6:00 AM EDT
Do You Really Have High Blood Pressure?
Universite de Montreal

A study by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) shows that more than half of family doctors in Canada are still using manual devices to measure blood pressure, a dated technology that often leads to misdiagnosis.

16-Mar-2017 6:00 AM EDT
Heads Up Tackling Program Decreases Concussion Rates, Say Researchers
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)

Consistently using a tackling education program appears to help lessen youth football concussion severity and occurrence, say researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Specialty Day in San Diego, CA.

16-Mar-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Study Sheds Light on Prognosis of mTBI Symptoms for Returning Soldiers
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Nearly 50 percent of recently-deployed Soldiers who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury reported post-concussive symptoms – like headaches, sleep disturbance, and forgetfulness – three months after returning from deployment, according to a study published March 17 in Neurology by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), and the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.

Released: 17-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EDT
URI Researchers, Colleagues Receive Funding for Clinical Translational Research Projects
University of Rhode Island

Pilot Projects involving two researchers at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded federal funding through Advance Clinical and Translational Research (Advance-CTR), a statewide effort to support clinical research that can be translated into approaches and policies that improve the health of Rhode Islanders

Released: 17-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Human Brain Networks Developing in Adolescence Related to Evolutionary Expansion
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA – Adolescence marks not only the period of physical maturation bridging childhood and adulthood, but also a crucial period for remodeling of the human brain. A Penn study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the cerebrum of the human brain and describes how these structural patterns relate to functional networks.

13-Mar-2017 7:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Researchers Review Progress of Treating Glutamate Signalling in Depression
Mount Sinai Health System

Repurposed ketamine and other treatments could significantly impact patients with treatment-resistant depression, but fundamental questions remain

15-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Untreated Sleep Apnea in Children Can Harm Brain Cells Tied to Cognition and Mood
University of Chicago Medical Center

A study comparing children 7 to 11 years old with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally found significant reductions of gray matter – brain cells crucial to most cognitive tasks – in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea. The finding points to connections between this common sleep disturbance and the loss of neurons or delayed neuronal growth in the developing brain.

Released: 16-Mar-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Fat Cells Step in to Help Liver During Fasting
UT Southwestern Medical Center

How do mammals keep two biologically crucial metabolites in balance during times when they are feeding, sleeping, and fasting? The answer may require rewriting some textbooks.



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