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Monday, June 30, 2025

Exploring decision making in people with obsessive compulsive disorder

Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. Many struggle to achieve the same levels of education and financial stability as people without the disorder. Researchers theorized one cognitive process could be to blame: decision making.

Long read sequencing reveals more genetic information while cutting time and cost of rare disease diagnoses

A new study shows that long-read sequencing has the potential to improve the rate of diagnosis while reducing the time to diagnosis from years to days -- in a single test and at a much lower cost.

Targeting potassium channel shows promise for treating brain tumors

Researchers find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain cancer.

Red light therapy shows promise for pain relief, inflammation and skin conditions – but other claims might be hyped

A woman lying down, wearing protective glasses and bathed in red light.

Red light therapy is increasingly viewed as a promising treatment ^[1] for wrinkles, acne, psoriasis, scars and sun-damaged skin, and as a supportive therapy for some kinds of cancer. But does red light therapy live up to the hype ^[2] that it’s practically a panacea for all sorts of ailments?

Praveen Arany ^[3] is a professor of oral biology, biomedical engineering and surgery at the University of Buffalo and an expert on the...

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