Researcher looks to Internet as new frontier in collecting data on the mind
With Apple's launch of new health tracking tools for the iPhone and medical researchers' forays into Facebook to recruit clinical trial volunteers, Web and mobile apps are increasingly seen as a new...
View ArticleOxytocin increases brain's reward response in women viewing crying infants
Indiana University researchers studying postpartum depression have found that the hormone oxytocin increased activation in a reward-sensitive area of the brain when women viewed images of crying...
View ArticleMajority of older adults willing to be screened by telephone for dementia
Nearly two-thirds of older adults were willing to undergo telephone screening for dementia, according to a new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute....
View ArticleeMR-ABC software improving brain care throughout Indiana
Older Indiana adults with dementia or depression will be among the best cared for elders in the nation beginning this month with the statewide roll-out of a unique automated decision-support system...
View ArticleResearchers focus on potential tool for predicting survival, staging prostate...
Researchers with the Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a molecule that promotes metastasis of advanced prostate cancer to the bone, an incurable condition that significantly...
View ArticleStudy finds novel population health management program yields major health...
The Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a novel population health management program implemented in the homes of older adults achieves significant health improvement for individuals with depression and also...
View ArticleNot-so-guilty pleasure: Viewing cat videos boosts energy and positive emotions
If you get a warm, fuzzy feeling after watching cute cat videos online, the effect may be more profound than you think.
View ArticleNetwork model for tracking Twitter memes sheds light on information spreading...
An international team of researchers from Indiana University and Switzerland is using data mapping methods created to track the spread of information on social networks to trace its dissemination...
View ArticleBelief in 'free will' may give conservatives an edge for self-control, study...
As the 2016 election cycle heats up, so does another topic for debate: Which political party has the greater sense of self-control?
View ArticleA microRNA may provide therapy against pancreatic cancer
Indiana University cancer researchers found that a particular microRNA may be a potent therapeutic agent against pancreatic cancer. The research was published June 22 in the journal Scientific Reports.
View ArticleThe fear you experience playing video games is real, and you enjoy it, study...
With the advent of video games, a frequently asked question has been whether we get as engrossed in them emotionally as we do when we see a scary movie. The answer is yes and in new ways, according to...
View ArticleImpact of major Alzheimer's-related gene may be felt years before any...
The best-known genetic variant linked to Alzheimer's disease may be "at work" promoting deposits of plaque in the brain long before any symptoms of the disease can be measured on tests, according to a...
View ArticleBroken cellular communication in brain contributes to Huntington's disease...
Indiana University researchers have found that broken communication in a specific part of the brain plays a role in the involuntary physical movements that affect individuals with Huntington's disease.
View ArticleDiscovering another interoperability challenge in health information exchange
Health information exchange enables clinicians to have secure access to a patient's medical record including details on care received at other locations. But an important piece of information is...
View ArticleEnvironmental exposure to hormones used in animal agriculture greater than...
Research by an Indiana University environmental scientist and colleagues at universities in Iowa and Washington finds that potentially harmful growth-promoting hormones used in beef production are...
View ArticleLong-term study on ticks reveals shifting migration patterns, disease risks
Over nearly 15 years spent studying ticks, Indiana University's Keith Clay has found southern Indiana to be an oasis free from Lyme disease, the condition most associated with these arachnids that are...
View ArticleLike Sleeping Beauty, some research lies dormant for decades, study finds
Why do some discoveries fade into obscurity while others blaze a new trail the moment they are published? More mysteriously, why do some research papers remain dormant for years and then suddenly...
View ArticleResearchers say anti-pollution rules have uncertain effects
Air pollution regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are estimated to save thousands of lives annually. A new study by researchers at Indiana University says these estimates are...
View ArticleResearchers examine how to minimize drought impact on important food crops
The worldwide demand for legumes, one of the world's most important agricultural food crops, is growing; at the same time, their production has been adversely affected by drought. In an Indiana...
View ArticleScientists create computational algorithm for fact-checking
Network scientists at Indiana University have developed a new computational method that can leverage any body of knowledge to aid in the complex human task of fact-checking.
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