Ativan and Xanax are benzodiazepine drugs that help treat anxiety and panic disorders. This article compares the two, including their…
Legalized recreational marijuana a substitute for alcohol, but not tobacco
The recent wave of recreational cannabis legalization across the US could generate $22 billion in sales per year, but not…
Crunching the numbers of cancer metastasis
While revealing that metastatic breast cancer cells alter their shape to spread to other regions of the body, researchers develop…
Harvesting energy from the human knee
Imagine powering your devices by walking. With new technology that possibility might not be far out of reach. An energy…
Medical News Today: Ancient survival mechanism may contribute to obesity epidemic
Like starvation, overeating stresses cells and causes a similar slowdown in the release of energy from fat storage, a new…
Radiation in parts of Marshall Islands is higher than Chernobyl
Radiation levels in parts of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, where the United States conducted nearly 70…
Multiple injection safety violations found in New Jersey septic arthritis outbreak
Multiple violations of injection safety and infection prevention practices — from lack of handwashing to inappropriate re-use of medication vials…
How the brain distinguishes between voice and sound
Is the brain capable of distinguishing a voice from phonemes? Researchers devised pseudo-words spoken by three voices. Their aim? To…
Apathy: The forgotten symptom of dementia
Apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia, with a bigger impact on function than memory loss — yet…
New insight into microRNA function can give gene therapy a boost
Scientists have shown that small RNA molecules occurring naturally in cells, i.e. microRNAs, are also abundant in cell nuclei. Previously,…