E. coli outbreak leads to massive flour recall
Yesterday, General Mills expanded its flour recall due to four more reported illnesses from eating raw dough or batter produced…
Operation Pangea targets unlawful internet sales of illegal prescription drugs
The FDA along with several international regulatory and law enforcement agencies took action this week against over 4,000 websites that…
Brain inflammation linked to compromised reward circuits in depression
Around one third of people with depression have high levels of inflammation markers in their blood. Now, new research appearing…
Placebo response growing over time – but only in America
A new study finds that rising placebo responses may play a part in the increasingly high failure rate for clinical…
Electronic implant bypasses brain damage by re-encoding memories
Designed to help individuals suffering from memory loss, a new prosthesis which includes a small array of electrodes implanted into…
Zoloft appears to alter brain structures, say U.S. researchers
Experiments with monkeys showed that the antidepressant sertraline (marketed as Zoloft) significantly increased the volume of one brain region in…
Premature birth alters key brain connections
New research from King’s College London sheds light on why premature birth is linked to a greater risk of neurodevelopmental…
Link between serotonin and depression is a myth, argues leading psychiatrist
The belief that depression is due to low levels of serotonin in the brain – and that effective pharmaceutical treatments…
Surprisingly, higher education doesn’t seem to improve levels of happiness
In an intriguing new study, University of Warwick researchers say that while low educational attainment is associated with mental illness,…
High-fat intake could trigger psychiatric disorders
High-fat diets have long been known to increase the risk for heart disease and stroke, but there is new evidence…
Instead of raising self esteem, we’re raising a generation of narcissists
While the dangers of narcissism are well documented, its origins are not. Now, a new study from Ohio State University…
DNA of bacteria that live in the body passed from mother to child
Traits such as eye color and height are passed from one generation to the next through the parents’ DNA, right?…
Medicos find altered gene expression in anorexia nervosa patients
A new report in the International Journal of Eating Disorders is the first to show that the longer someone suffers…
Psychedelic use associated with decreased suicidal thinking, say researchers behind new study
Previous studies have found that psychedelic use may occasion lasting improvements in mental health, but the effects of psychedelic use…
Scientists discover “idiosyncratic” brain patterns in autism
Recent studies into Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have found a lack of synchronization (“connectivity”) between different parts of the brain…
Link found between circumcision and autism
Research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that regardless of cultural background, circumcised boys may…
Autoimmune diseases linked to adolescent marijuana use
Medical researchers from the Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy) say that exposure to marijuana during adolescence can seriously affect…
Software scans family photos to diagnose rare disorders
Software that scans and analyzes family snapshots could help doctors diagnose which rare genetic disorder a child is suffering from,…
UV light can be addictive, say scientists
Why do people still spend extended periods in the sun when the dangers of skin cancer are so well recognized?…
Scientists map mental illness’ effects on life expectancy
A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford shows that mental illnesses reduce life expectancy by 10-20 years,…
Vitamin E in canola linked to asthma, lung inflammation
A new study from Northwestern University shows the drastically different health effects of vitamin E depending on its form. The…
Short men living longer
Shorter men live longer, according to new research that shows shorter men were more likely to have a protective form…
Earliest roots of psychiatric disorders traced to stress effects on single gene
Babies whose mothers were exposed during pregnancy to stressors such as trauma, illness, alcohol, or drug abuse become susceptible to…
Mug shots from DNA possible, say scientists
DNA can already tell us the sex and ancestry of unknown individuals, but now an international team of researchers is…
Smoking linked to ADHD in future generations
Florida State University scientists investigating neurobehavioral disorders say that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could be an environmentally induced health…
New evidence for link between alcohol consumption and cancer metastasis
New research looking at the biological processes involved in breast cancer development has strengthened the argument for a potential link…
Genetics play no role in disease risk, claims controversial new study
Genes have been implicated in influencing everything from our sexual orientation to our risk of cancer, but a new paper…
Obesity could be an evolutionary hangover from prehistoric gut bacteria
Today, obesity is considered to be undesirable, but in the past getting more fat and more energy from the diet…
Chlamydia infection? Your gut may be to blame
For many sufferers, the standard treatment regime for chlamydia fails to eradicate the disease, and researchers think the culprit may…
Temporary blindness may fix hearing problems
Researchers have long known that young brains are malleable enough to re-wire the circuits that process sensory information. For example,…