Recurrent CNTN1 antibody-positive nodopathy: a case report and literature review

Background: Contactin-1 (CNTN1) antibody-positive nodopathy is rare and exhibits distinct clinical symptoms such as tremors and ataxia.

Touch Medicine: Bridging the gap between recent insights from touch research and clinical medicine and its special significance for the treatment of affective disorders

Interpersonal touch represents the primal sensory experience between humans, fostering social bonding from the cradle to the death bed.

Long-acting prescriptions and therapy for HIV-1 from market launch to the present in Germany (May 2021 to December 2023)

In Europe, the combination of cabotegravir (CAB) with rilpivirine (RPV) has been approved as a dual injection long-acting (LA) therapy for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections in adults since December 2020. Studies have shown that between 36% and 61% of people living with HIV (PLWHIV)

Low-dose-rate induces more severe cognitive impairment than highdose-rate in rats exposed to chronic low-dose γ-radiation

Background: Owing to the long penetration depth of gamma (γ)-rays, individuals working in ionizing radiation environments are chronically exposed to low-dose γradiation, resulting in cognitive changes. Dose rate significantly affects radiationinduced biological effects; however, its role in chronic low-dose γ-irradiation-induced cognitive impairment remains unclear. We aimed to investigate whether

How Do You Actually Fix Gut Health?

Gut health is incredibly important for our overall health and the state of our gut plays a huge role in how we respond to foods and the environment, how we absorb nutrients, hormone health, our energy and mood, systemic inflammation, and so much more. But instead of finding the root

Avoid Food and Supplements With This Common Filler

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Spatial-Temporal Comparison of Eph/Ephrin Gene Expression in Ocular Lenses from Aging and Knockout Mice

Cataracts, defined as any opacity in the transparent ocular lens, remain the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in the world; however, the etiology of this pathology is not fully understood. Studies in mice and humans have found that the EphA2 receptor and the ephrin-A5 ligand play important roles

Visual effect of air pollution on need for arousal and variety-seeking

Research on air pollution, a commonly encountered environmental factor, has focused on physical health, mental health and cognitive health.

Are surveys blind to sexual and gender diversity? Reflections and an open proposal

This article presents an open proposal on how to include questions that capture different gender identities and sexual orientations in quantitative research.

Emotional Self-Regulation and Personality in the Light of Thomas Aquinas's Philosophical Anthropology

This article aims to thoroughly understand the concept of emotional self-regulation (ESR) and its relationship with personality.

An Examination of the Mediating Role of Maladaptive Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Complex Relationship Between Interpersonal Needs and Suicidal

Background.Studies have shown that psychological factors, notably interpersonal needs and emotion regulation, play a significant role in suicidal behavior.

A study on the influence of dominant sound sources on users' emotional perception in a paediatric dentistry clinic

This study selects a typical paediatric dentistry clinic for questionnaire surveys and field testing, aiming to explore the perception of dominant sound sources on the emotional perception of users within paediatric dental clinics.The results indicate that emotional perception is a factor influencing users' evaluation of the soundscape; in the

Beyond Words: An Investigation of Fine Motor Skills and the Verbal Communication Spectrum in Autism

This study investigated the associations between fine motor skills and expressive verbal abilities in a group of autistic participants aged 8 to 17 years.

Factory Farming Contaminates Water in More Ways Than One

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Vitamin D Shows Promise in Targeting Aging’s Biological Mechanisms, Study Finds

A 2024 paper published in Nutrients by Italian scientists summarized the current knowledge of how vitamin D might modulate some of the hallmarks of aging.