Why do some Parkinson’s disease treatments affect decision making?

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Mice with Parkinson’s Disease and treated with pramipexole show poor decision-making skills in a gambling task, as seen on the left. This is caused by increased activity in the external

FDA approves new kind of drug for schizophrenia

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The first new type of medication in decades to help fight against schizophrenia was approved on Thursday by the U.S. Food and. Drug Administration. Cobenfy (xanomeline/trospium chloride) could bring patients

Naloxone successful in over half of uses in reversing signs of opioid overdose in the prehospital setting

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The opioid epidemic is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, and it is increasingly impacting children and teenagers. Naloxone can reverse

Obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain Obstructive sleep apnea may be a risk factor for developing abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to researchers from the University

Daily toothbrushing tied to lower rates of pneumonia among hospitalized patients

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found an inexpensive tool that may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients—and it comes with bristles on one end. A new study

Researchers find type 2 diabetes cases more than doubled seven decades after exposure to famine

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The war in Ukraine highlighted the vulnerability of the global food supply system. With this visualization (https://vis.csh.ac.at/food-supply-shocks/), users can see which food products are lost and which countries are most

World’s first individual gene mutation test for predicting risk of sudden cardiac death

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, working with colleagues at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have developed a world-first, individualized risk prediction tool for

A faulty iron hormone in the skin may be the root cause of psoriasis

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Analysis of hepcidin expression in psoriasis patients. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50993-8 Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that

AI assistant shows great promise in cataract care pathway

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that an artificial intelligence (AI) conversational agent enhances patient care after cataract surgery. The AI-powered automated voice system, called Dora, is

Semaglutide improves outcomes for obese patients with common skin condition, new study shows

September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A pioneering study, presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress 2024, demonstrates the significant potential of semaglutide in treating hidradenitis suppurative (HS),