New support for the notion of a serotonin deficit in depression
Since the 1960s, researchers have postulated that major depression stems from disruptions in the serotonin neurotransmitter system, but the evidence for that idea, though plentiful,
Category: Lifestyle
Paid menstrual leave: a rare right
Many women have painful periods, but only a handful of countries, most of them in Asia, allow them to take time off work to recover.
Oral contraceptives affect women’s health; age and gut microbiome may play a role
The effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) like birth control pills on the brain and mood of women may come down to age and their gut
Revised normative blood pressure values for children show better discrimination of kidney disease risk
Analysis recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) compared and contrasted the 2017 and 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) childhood hypertension
Laser microbiopsy is a minimally invasive method to extract tissue samples
Biopsies are one of the most widely used diagnostic procedures for many types of diseases, including cancer. Today, the gold standard is to mechanically extract
Study reveals why immunotherapies don’t work on hardest-to-treat breast cancers
Thanks to advances in cancer therapies, most forms of breast cancer are highly treatable, especially when caught early. But the last frontier cases—those that can’t
Can stem cells improve shoulder surgery?
In the annals of shoulder surgery, NFL quarterback Drew Brees is an anomaly. In 2005, Brees was tackled and the rotator cuff tendon in his