This is National Suicide Prevention Week, and John Campo–the chief behavior wellness officer at West Virginia University–is examining trends in suicide rates to make suicide prevention more effective. His recent findings suggest that rural…
New research from North Carolina State University finds that being convicted of a crime is associated with a decline in one’s physical health, even if the conviction doesn’t lead to jail time.…
In a large study, German scientists have shown that physical fitness is associated with better brain structure and brain functioning in young adults. This opens the possibility that increasing fitness levels may…
When children with ADHD don’t respond well to Methylphenidate (MPH, also known as Ritalin) doctors often increase the dose. Now a new review shows that increasing the dose may not always be…
Scientists have found that brain networks develop differently in males and females at puberty, with boys showing an increase in connectivity in certain brain areas, and girls showing a decrease in connectivity…
As e-cigarette brand JUUL continues to climb in popularity among users of all ages, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers took a unique approach to analyzing its impact by using Twitter…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have taken the first step towards trials of vaginal microbiota transplantation (VMT). Inspired by the success of fecal transplantation, it is hoped that transplants of vaginal fluids from…
No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. The first larger animals evolved in what is today known as the Cambrian…
Research from the lab of Mark Alkema, PhD, professor of neurobiology at University of Massachusetts Medical School, sheds light on how the “fight-or-flight” response impairs long-term organism health. The study, conducted in…
Puerto Rican teens growing up as minorities in the South Bronx are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than their peers growing up as a majority in Puerto Rico, even under…
