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Children likely to be pleading guilty when innocent

Posted: 06 May 2021 09:58 AM PDT

Young people need additional support and protection in the criminal justice system because they are more susceptible to pleading guilty when innocent, a new study argues.

New method identifies tau aggregates occurring in healthy body structures

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:54 AM PDT

Researchers used microscopy and machine learning to distinguish tau protein aggregates occurring as part of healthy functions from those occurring in disease.

Men with chest pain receive faster, more medical attention than women

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:54 AM PDT

Among younger adults visiting the emergency department for chest pain, women may be getting the short end of the stick. Compared with men of similar age, women were triaged less urgently, waited longer to be seen, and were less likely to undergo basic tests or be hospitalized or admitted for observation to diagnose a heart attack, according to new research.

Mental health may play big role in recovery after a heart attack

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:54 AM PDT

Young and middle-aged adults who reported severe psychological distress -- such as depression or anxiety -- after suffering a heart attack were more than twice as likely to suffer a second cardiac event within five years compared with those experiencing only mild distress, according to a new study.

Exercise aids the cognitive development of children born preterm

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:54 AM PDT

A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A study indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are older.

Epilepsy research reveals why sleep increases risk of sudden death

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:54 AM PDT

To understand the effect of sleep seizures, researchers monitored the brain and heart activity of people with epilepsy as they slept.

Defective epithelial barriers linked to two billion chronic diseases

Posted: 06 May 2021 07:53 AM PDT

Humans are exposed to a variety of toxins and chemicals every day. According to the epithelial barrier hypothesis, exposure to many of these substances damages the epithelium, the thin layer of cells that covers the surface of our skin, lungs and intestine. Defective epithelial barriers have been linked to a rise in almost two billion allergic, autoimmune, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.

Possible novel migraine therapy

Posted: 05 May 2021 02:49 PM PDT

By discovering a potential new cellular mechanism for migraines, researchers may have also found a new way to treat chronic migraine.

Cardiovascular disease could be diagnosed earlier with new glowing probe

Posted: 05 May 2021 10:05 AM PDT

Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated with issues that can lead to blood clots and strokes.

New guidelines for schools recommend against food bans

Posted: 05 May 2021 04:50 AM PDT

Schools and child care centres should train staff on food allergies and have epinephrine available to treat anaphylaxis, but new guidelines do not recommend food bans.

Brain wave recordings reveal potential for individualized Parkinson's treatments

Posted: 04 May 2021 08:26 AM PDT

Pioneering neural recordings in patients with Parkinson's disease lays the groundwork for personalized brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's and other neurological disorders.

Ultra-high field MRI detects differences in brain's 'hippocampus'

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:52 AM PDT

Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus -- a region of the brain tied to memory and learning.