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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717162443.htm) New technique could help treat aggressive brain tumors
Jul 17th 2024, 16:24

Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717162432.htm) Mental health training for line managers linked to better business performance in England
Jul 17th 2024, 16:24

In a study of several thousand companies in England, mental health training for line managers was associated with organizational-level benefits, including lower levels of long-term mental health-related sickness absence and better business performance, customer service, and staff recruitment and retention.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717162405.htm) Soft, stretchy 'jelly batteries' inspired by electric eels
Jul 17th 2024, 16:24

Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions such as epilepsy.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121100.htm) The eyes have it: Visual inspection experience essential for airport security screening
Jul 17th 2024, 12:11

Researchers have used eye-tracking to study airport security screeners' performance during different visual inspection phases of a screening task.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121049.htm) New analgesic could replace opioids over the long term
Jul 17th 2024, 12:10

Opioids have long been known as natural substances with substantial pharmacological effect. They have been used as effective painkillers. Researchers have now identified a natural active substance that may prove to be an effective alternative to opioids in the long run and could also help mitigate the opioid crisis.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121032.htm) Designing safer opioids
Jul 17th 2024, 12:10

Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose. Researchers have now identified a strategy to design safer opioids. They showed that an experimental opioid, which binds to an unconventional spot in the receptor, suppresses pain in animal models with fewer side effects -- most notably those linked to fatal overdoses.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121028.htm) Stress-related cell damage linked to negative mental and physical health effects among caregivers
Jul 17th 2024, 12:10

Researchers have found that intense stress can be felt at the cellular level and is linked to negative physical and mental health effects.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121022.htm) Patients with Alzheimer's disease have higher frequency of mental health symptoms which can precede memory problems, study finds
Jul 17th 2024, 12:10

Decline in memory and other thinking abilities is the most well-known result of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, many individuals with this condition also experience mental health symptoms such as agitation, depression, apathy, and trouble with sleep. A new study has found that the pathology behind AD may be a direct reason for emotional and behavioral symptoms. Additionally, they discovered when individuals with AD experience decline in memory and thinking abilities, their mental health tends to be worse.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121007.htm) Scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults
Jul 17th 2024, 12:10

Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120958.htm) Multiple moves during childhood can increase the risks of depression in later life
Jul 17th 2024, 12:09

A new study has shown that experiences of moving during childhood -- whether between or within deprived or non-deprived neighborhoods -- is associated with significantly higher rates of depression in adulthood. The research analyzed the residential locations of almost 1.1 million people born in Denmark between 1981 and 2001 and who stayed in the country during the first 15 years of their lives. It then tracked those same individuals into adulthood, and found at least 35,000 of those still living within Denmark had subsequently received a medical diagnosis of depression.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120956.htm) Cuttlefish can form false memories, too
Jul 17th 2024, 12:09

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must get put back together. When that doesn't happen in the right way or details are distorted, it can lead to the creation of false memories. Now researchers have evidence that the common cuttlefish may create false memories, too.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120949.htm) Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
Jul 17th 2024, 12:09

Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological explanation for the drug's mind-bending effects.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120057.htm) Chatbot Iris offers students individual support
Jul 17th 2024, 12:00

Researchers have developed the chatbot Iris, which offers informatics students personalized assistance with programming assignments. A study has now confirmed the chatbot's success: Iris improves the understanding of programming concepts and represents a valuable complement to human tutors.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716202304.htm) Research shows protein isoform inhibitors may hold the key to making opioids safer
Jul 16th 2024, 20:23

Researchers have identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition of a Heat shock protein 90 isoform.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716202259.htm) Evening activity for better sleep
Jul 16th 2024, 20:22

Rigorous exercise before bed has long been discouraged, but researchers have now found short bursts of light activity can lead to better sleep.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716202252.htm) Youth with conduct disorder show widespread differences in brain structure
Jul 16th 2024, 20:22

The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the brain's outer layer, known as the cerebral cortex, which is critical for many aspects of behavior, cognition and emotion.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716165143.htm) Scientists find that small regions of the brain can take micro-naps while the rest of the brain is awake and vice versa
Jul 16th 2024, 16:51

For the first time, scientists have found that sleep can be detected by patterns of neuronal activity just milliseconds long, 1000 times shorter than a second, revealing a new way to study and understand the basic brain wave patterns that govern consciousness.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716122709.htm) Hormone therapy for breast cancer linked with lower dementia risk
Jul 16th 2024, 12:27

Hormone modulating therapy (HMT) used for the treatment of breast cancer was associated with a 7% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias later in life, according to a new study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716122707.htm) AI tool successfully responds to patient questions in electronic health record
Jul 16th 2024, 12:27

A new study shows that an AI tool can draft responses to patients' EHR queries as accurately as their human healthcare professionals, and with greater perceived 'empathy.'

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240715135642.htm) Study reveals link between playing contact sports and parkinsonism in individuals with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Jul 15th 2024, 13:56

The largest study of CTE to date has found a new link between playing contact sports, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and the development of a movement disorder known as parkinsonism.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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