Researchers have developed a new test that can easily and simply measure common stress hormones using sweat, blood, urine or…
Medical News Today: Researchers close in on a new depression mechanism
A study in rats identifies a key driver of anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure. This finding may lead to…
Weekly Health Quiz: Weight Loss, Diet and Pain Relief
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Weekly Health Quiz: Weight Loss, Diet and Pain Relief
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Shedding light on the burden of dengue in Bangladesh
Dengue, also known as dengue fever, is a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. The…
Scientists discover signalling circuit boards inside body’s cells
Cells in the body are wired like computer chips to direct signals that instruct how they function, research suggests. Unlike…
Short-term use of opioids increases subjective pleasure: Risk of addiction
As indicated by a recently published study, short-term opioid use shifts a range of emotional responses to the positive direction.…
New algorithm uses disease history to predict intensive care patients’ chances of survival
Researchers have used data on more than 230,000 intensive care patients to develop a new algorithm. Among other things, it…
Medical News Today: How a fruit compound may lower blood pressure
New research in mice and human cells finds that a fruit compound lowers blood pressure. The study also reveals the…
Stark social inequalities in children’s body mass index (BMI)
Researchers have found that socioeconomic inequalities in children’s body mass index (BMI) emerge during the preschool years and widen across…