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Medical Xpress / How gut bacteria could help to diagnose teen depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by a persistently low mood, a lack of motivation, feelings of hopelessness, altered sleeping and/or eating patterns, and a reduced interest ...
Medical Xpress / Visual analog scale has comparable validity for perennial allergic, nonallergic rhinitis
The visual analog scale (VAS) demonstrates comparable validity for perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) severity and quality-of-life (QoL) impairment, according to a study published online Dec. ...
Phys.org / New image sensor breaks optical limits
Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to unlocking microscopic details inside living cells. Yet despite decades of innovation, a fundamental ...
Phys.org / Astronomers explore the double nucleus of galaxy NGC 4486B
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed an elliptical galaxy known as NGC 4486B. Results of the observational campaign, published Dec. 16 on the arXiv preprint server, ...
Medical Xpress / How to make and keep New Year's resolutions
Most New Year's resolutions collapse before the holiday decorations reach the loft—and it's not that people are lazy or necessarily lack motivation. The issue is that most goals are written in the tone of a stern headteacher, ...
Medical Xpress / Visiting abroad in the coming year? Antibiotics becoming less effective against traveler's diarrhea, study warns
Planning some international travel as one of your New Year's resolutions?
Medical Xpress / Oral bacterium tied to disability severity in multiple sclerosis
Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease ...
Medical Xpress / Melanoma cancer cells secrete extracellular vesicles to paralyze immune cells
A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds that melanoma cancer cells paralyze immune ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify protein that mimics exercise to boost bone strength in aging adults
A research team from the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has uncovered a key biological mechanism that explains how exercise maintains strong ...
Dialog / How pregnancy and breastfeeding enhance local immunity that cancer-proof the breast
For centuries, physicians observed that nuns, who are celibate, had much higher rates of breast cancer, leading to the theory that pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding might be associated with lower breast cancer risk. ...
Phys.org / Chinchorro mummification may have originated as a form of art therapy, study suggests
In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of artificial mummification among the Chinchorro people may have evolved as a response to high infant mortality ...
Phys.org / A new way to map how cells choose their fate
Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct the complex dynamics of how cells decide their fate.
