PTSD linked to right brain activity
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Increased circuit activity in the right side of the brain correlates with the debilitating, involuntary flashbacks triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue…
Friday, December 3, 2010 10:15 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2010 12:58 - 5 Comments
Media sways support for HPV vaccine
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Controversy surrounding state laws that require young girls to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus diminishes public support for the vaccine. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 16, 2010 12:03 - 0 Comments
Stem cells wrestle fatal skin disease
U. MINNESOTA (US)—Stem cell therapy has proven successful in treating a lethal skin disease affecting children, according to a new international study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2010 11:46 - 0 Comments
Breathing lungs created in the lab
U. MINNESOTA (US)—As a follow-up to the beating heart, researchers at the University of Minnesota have used a similar technique to create breathing lungs in the lab. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 12, 2010 16:38 - 2 Comments
Is indoor tanning ever safe?
U. MINNESOTA (US)—The largest study of its kind definitively links the use of indoor tanning devices to increased risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. (more…)
