Outfitted with a joystick and special glasses, Assistant Professor Alex DaSilva examines 3D images of the brain to better understand brain chemical fluctuations during a migraine headache. DaSilva is in the Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus, or MIDEN, on...
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an Indian herb.
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Can't sleep? Your sleep problems may be improved if you try an Indian herb, Ashwagandha. Researchers in the sleep institute in Japan found that an active component of Ashwagandha leaves...
This is a child receiving radiation therapy at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of reduced radiotherapy did worse when there were deviations...
This is an illustration featuring foxglove, the plant from which cardiac glycosides are derived.
Credit: Illustration by Dr. Stephen Duncan, Medical University of South Carolina
Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found that a class of heart...
This is Joshua G. Corbin, Ph.D., principal investigator in the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children's National Health System.
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Neurons derived from two different types of precursor cells that later develop into neurons in the medial...
Degenerating hair cells in the inner ear can be made to function again, suggests a new report.
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There are more than 300 genetic defects that have been found to prevent the hair cells in the human...
This is a colorized electron micrograph of the Marburg virus.
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that an experimental treatment cured 100 percent of guinea pigs...
When two married people appear similar, it isn't necessarily a coincidence.
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When two married people appear similar, it isn't necessarily a coincidence, but may be related to the tendency to marry someone with the same ancestry;...
University of Cincinnati graduate student Ryan Saadawi studied the health effects of hookah tobacco.
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Hookah-tobacco users might want to rethink how they heat up their water pipes, based on research by chemists at the University...
A remote-controlled robot equipped with tools to diagnose concussion sits on the sideline of a Northern Arizona football game. Research shows doctors can use these robots to assess potential head injuries with the same accuracy as on-site physicians.
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This image shows neural activity during sleep differs between older and younger adults.
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As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of wakefulness, bathroom trips and other nuisances as we...
