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Medical Xpress / A reactive amygdala drives heavier drinking in young men while shielding young women from alcohol risk
New research shows that the threat response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was linked to increased depressive ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows survival benefit of immunotherapy in resistant ovarian cancer
A study published April 10 in The Lancet reports that the anti-PD-1 immunotherapy pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda) significantly improved overall survival in adults with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer when given as ...
Medical Xpress / Chemotherapy followed by letrozole sets standard for advanced, low-grade serous gynecologic carcinoma
Late-breaking results from the Phase III NRG GY019 trial indicate that letrozole monotherapy (L) did not demonstrate noninferiority to paclitaxel/carboplatin followed by letrozole (PC/L) for progression-free survival (PFS) ...
Medical Xpress / A simple shot shows promise to reverse osteoarthritis within weeks
A research team including scientists and engineers from University of Colorado Boulder, CU Anschutz and Colorado State University has developed a suite of new therapies that prompt aging or damaged joints to repair themselves ...
Medical Xpress / Steroid injections for joint pain: Everything you need to know about using them
Osteoarthritis affects around 600 million people globally. It causes pain, stiffness, and reduced joint function—most commonly in the knees, hands, and hips.
Phys.org / SNIPE bacterial defense system shreds phage DNA before infection can begin
What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the gates of Troy? That's an apt description of a newly characterized bacterial defense system that chops ...
Phys.org / Can weight loss help short-muzzled dogs breathe easier?
Felicia Beswick's two English bulldogs, 6-year-old Jax and 5-year-old Tun, couldn't be more different. "If you look at 'bulldog' in the dictionary, it's Jax; he's just very, very stereotypical of the breed. He prefers to ...
Tech Xplore / Wearable robots improve coordination between pairs of violin players
In some settings and when completing some collaborative tasks, humans are required to coordinate their movements or actions with those of others. A clear example of this is musical performance, particularly instances in which ...
Phys.org / Oxygen sensing helps explain why amphibians regenerate limbs but mammals cannot
Some animals can regrow lost body parts. Salamanders and frog tadpoles can rebuild entire limbs after amputation. Mammals cannot. For decades, biologists have tried to understand why. Now a team led by Can Aztekin at EPFL ...
Phys.org / Camera-tagged Adélie penguins caught eating sea snails in East Antarctica
There are many poorly understood links in the food web, often referred to as trophic relationships. Out in East Antarctica, a previously unconfirmed link between sea snails and Adélie penguins might reveal more than meets ...
Medical Xpress / New study reveals why some Chinese immigrants in the US may turn to China-based telehealth apps
A new peer-reviewed study published in DIGITAL HEALTH finds that a substantial share of recent Chinese immigrants in the United States use China-based telehealth applications for medical advice while living in the U.S., often ...
Tech Xplore / Quantum computers are coming to break our codes faster than anyone expected
Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world's supercomputers, working together ...
