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Kelly Lambert, PhD is undoubtedly in the right field. She has a passion for the laboratory and a knack for applying its lessons to daily life. The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet’s Most Successful Mammals is a thoughtful, fact-filled treat for the intellectual (but not necessarily scientific) mind. ...

A review of the evidence to date suggests that music therapy can help patients recover their movements after experiencing brain damage. Brain damage can affect movement and language abilities, having a significant impact on quality of life. Patients may have had ...

Homosexual people tend to experience more mental health problems than heterosexual people, research indicates. Discrimination may contribute to the higher risk, believes lead researcher Dr. Apu Chakraborty of University College London, UK. His team looked at rates of mental disorder among 7,403 adults living in the UK, whose details were obtained from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity ...

With the advent of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the 1950s, depression treatment was revolutionized. These medicines target the monoamine system, including the neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. For decades, the ...

Persistent depressive symptoms are common after angina, heart attack, or other heart problems. Depressive symptoms also are thought to increase the risk of further heart problems and mortality. Dr. Michael Rapp from St. Hedwig's Hospital, Berlin, and his team enrolled 22 patients three months after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. The patients had brain scans to highlight ...

Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, developed homeopathy in the late eighteenth century. He did so because of his dissatisfaction with the conventional medicine of his time. Hahnemann suggested two key principles. First, he asserted that “like cures like.” In other words, a substance that produces certain symptoms in a healthy person can be used to ...

heart and blood pressure medications reduce dementia risk? Drugs for high blood pressure and heart disease have been linked to protection from Alzheimer's disease and dementia. A team led by Professor Benjamin Wolozin of Boston University looked at the possible effects of angiotensin receptor ...

One of the secrets of science is to understand the language of science, and science's primary language is the research study. Research studies allow scientists to communicate with one another and share results of their work. There are many different kinds of research and many varying fields of research. And although journals were designed to ...

Many research studies have highlighted the phenomenon of the "healthy adherer" — people who take their medications consistently demonstrate more healthy behavior overall. Backing up this idea are studies showing better outcomes for patients who consistently take their pills, even when those pills are a placebo. The patients' feeling of being cared for and caring

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So you have been asked to take part in a research study! This can be a very satisfying experience, allowing you to help yourself now and to help others in the future. After all, without research, treatment cannot improve, and without those who take part, there would be no research! You are the one who ...

In most informed consent forms, the researcher promises to share what is learned from the study with you. These results will sum up the responses of everyone who took part in the study. In addition, the researcher will discuss with you any results that relate to your diagnosis or that may be useful in deciding ...

Understandably, if an investigational drug helps you, you may wish to continue to take it after the trial has been completed. In some instances, a medication that is being investigated for use in treating your illness may have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other uses. If you find that you ...