Psychologists use eye movement to treat stress and other disorders. Over the years, there’s been no shortage of interesting alternatives to typical talk-based psychotherapy. Laughter therapy, sound therapy, horticultural therapy and even wilderness therapy have become popular ways to deal with psychological distress, helping with everything from general anxiety and depression to post traumatic stress […]

Researchers at the Isfahan University of Technology have managed to innovate a new prosthetic limb for people have difficulties below their knees. Nima Jamshidi, a faculty member of the Department of Medical Engineering at Isfahan University of Technology and the leader of the team who have achieved these new prosthetic limbs told Mehr News Agency […]

As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. But can e-cigarettes, an electronic nicotine delivery system, help people quit smoking altogether? That was the focus of a recent study led by a Hollings Cancer Center researcher. The study found that smokers who are willing to use e-cigarettes tend to smoke […]

Gene expression in specific cells and in specific regions can provide a more precise, neuroprotective approach than traditional treatments for neurological diseases. For multiple sclerosis, specifically, increasing cholesterol synthesis gene expression in astrocytes of the spinal cord can be a pathway to repair nerves that affect walking. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease, characterized […]

TEHRAN – Fertility rate in Iran has reached replacement level which means the country is no longer underpopulated, chairman of Population Association of Iran said on Wednesday “Replacement level fertility” is the total fertility rate—the average number of children born per woman—at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next, without migration. […]

Thanks, in part, to pigs, scientists now are catching up on understanding the roots of calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD). The diminutive size of our aortic valve — just shy of a quarter — belies its essential role in pushing oxygen-rich blood from the heart into the aorta, our body’s largest vessel, and from there […]

A pregnant elephant has been found dead in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, in what authorities suspect was a deliberate poisoning, an official said Wednesday. The animal’s body was found near the remote Seuneubok Bayu village in Aceh on December 22, after authorities received a tip off from locals, Aceh conservation centre […]

TEHRAN – Head of the Iran’s National Space Center announced on Tuesday that Iran has ranked second in the field of launch technologies and space infrastructure in the region. According to Manouchehr Manteghi, they, in Iran’s National Space Center, have studied and assessed different sections of the industry to reach the conclusion. He added that […]

Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, has died at the age of 80, NASA announced on its website. The US space agency did not give the cause of death on Thursday for the longtime resident of the western state […]

Regular fish consumption has been shown to improve cognition. It’s also been known to help with sleep. A new study connects all three for the first time. Children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those who consume fish less […]