Medical News
FDA Sets New Rules For Stem Cell Treatments
Tech Times - 19 Nov 2017 04:55
The FDA has set new rules to keep a check on regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy. The move will also crack down rogue clinics that provide questionable regenerative treatments.
Stress Can Cause Us To Make Risky Decisions: MIT Study
Tech Times - 19 Nov 2017 16:09
Researchers from MIT found that chronic stress largely influences cost-benefit situations. Chronically stressed mice were more likely to choose high-risk, high-cost options than non-stressed mice.
Cases Of Rabies Confirmed In Superstition Mountain Area
Tech Times - 19 Nov 2017 14:16
Several cases of rabid animals have been confirmed in a known hiking area in Superstitious Mountain in Arizona. Since 1960, 90 percent of rabies cases in the country come from wild animals.
Social mobile gaming boosts rehabilitation for physically impaired patients
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2017 07:00
(Imperial College London) A video game that enables healthy volunteers to play with patients who have physical impairments may improve their rehabilitation, suggests study.
Theory: Flexibility is at the heart of human intelligence
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2017 07:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Centuries of study have yielded many theories about how the brain gives rise to human intelligence. Some think it arises from a single region or neural network. Others argue t...
Changes in young people's sexual practices over the last 20 years revealed
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2017 07:00
(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Young people today are taking part in a wider range of sexual practices, such as oral and anal sex, with opposite-sex partners compared to 20 years ago, according to new ana...