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Mental health problems in Alzheimer´s disease you need to know

Scientists from Lund University in Sweden found mental health problems in Alzheimer´s disease. The research is published in Biological Psychiatry and was conducted by Professor...

Insulin is an extreme financial burden for more than 14% of diabetics who use...

Scientists from Yale found that 14% of people who use insulin in the United States face what is described as a “catastrophic” level of...

Antibodies cannot effectively inhibit new omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5

Scientists from the German Primate Center found that "new" omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 are less efficiently blocked by antibodies compared to the...

Why don’t we have synthetic blood yet?

Blood from a lamb, into a human – this sounds like a horror movie, but it’s actually the first recorded blood transfusion… four hundred...

Scientists find an important cause of schizophrenia

Scientists from Santa Casa de São Paulo Medical School found that lack of oxygen during the period anticipating childbirth can be a cause of...

ADHD drugs may also treat Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Surrey found drugs that treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might also successfully treat key...

1 in 5 people who died from COVID-19 in the last two years had...

Scientists from Alzheimer's Research UK found that just over one in five (21.8%) individuals who died of COVID-19 between 2020 and 2021 were living...

Blood test could predict future risk of blood cancer

Scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow found a blood test could help predict blood cancer risk in the future. The research is published...

Scientists find a link between daytime napping and Alzheimer’s disease

In a recent study from Rush University, scientists found there is a link between cognitive decline and excessive daytime napping. The connection appears to occur...

This drug for pain relief could strongly increase your blood pressure

In a recent study from the University of Edinburgh, scientists found that long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes...