Running better than antidepressants to tackle depression: Study

IANS | October 8, 2023 4:06 PM

London, Oct 8 (IANS) In terms of improving mental health, running for depression or anxiety and taking antidepressants showed similar benefits -- a 16-week course of running over the same period scored higher in terms of physical health improvement, whereas antidepressants led to a slightly worse physical condition, a new study has said.

This wearable bracelet can track bipolar mood swings

IANS | October 8, 2023 2:06 PM

London, Oct 8 (IANS) To help people suffering from bipolar disorder and offer rapid and personalised treatments, researchers have built a wearable bracelet and shared preliminary results of using wearable technology to measure electrical impulses in the skin and other physiological biomarkers which might be associated with mood changes in bipolar disorder.

Scientists find multitude of genes associated with autism

IANS | October 7, 2023 5:27 PM

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) A team of scientists have discovered the impact of a multitude of genes that are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, but whose effects on human brain development were previously unknown.

Study shows immunity from routine vax can potentially fight cancer

IANS | October 7, 2023 3:53 PM

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Researchers have demonstrated "in theory" that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine can be delivered into the cells of a malignant tumour to refocus the body's immune system against the cancer, effectively halting it and preventing its recurrence.