Unique neuron can guide our way home by turning compasses into a gyroscope
Finding our way home from work or school is something most of us take for granted.
Persons with Alzheimer’s disease, however, can get lost even...
This stuff in your blood can predict your Alzheimer’s risk
In a new study from UNSW Sydney, researchers found new insight into the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease...
Poorly managed diabetes increases risk of more severe COVID
In a new study from the University of Texas, researchers found that hospitalized patients with diabetes who hadn't been taking their medication had more...
Spit in a tube to diagnose heart attack
In a new study from Soroka University, researchers showed a saliva test could fast track heart attack diagnosis.
The innovative technique requires patients to spit...
Skin cancer & melanoma: What you need to know
Did you know?
Skin cancer is the most common kind of cancer in the United States. In fact, it is estimated that one out of...
Scientists find a promising new way to treat type 2 diabetes
Today, Type 2 diabetes is 24 times more prevalent than Type 1. The rise in rates of obesity and incidence of Type 2 diabetes...
Exercise may reverse age-related memory loss
Exercise is important for your body and your brain at any age.
In a new study from the University of California, San Francisco, researchers found...
5 things to know about the Delta variant
For the first time in more than a year, we're feeling some hope—or at least cautious optimism—that the pandemic could recede to the background.
But...
‘Unexciting’ an anxious brain: new drug may help reduce anxiety symptoms
In a new study from the Tokyo University of Science, researchers found a new drug that could reduce anxiety symptoms via unexciting an anxious...
Your age may determine which blood pressure number matters most
In a new study published in Hypertension, researchers found people’s age may determine which blood pressure number matters most.
The study is from the University...