It’s not just inspiration – careful breathing can help your health
Odds are, if you are reading this, you know something about breathing. You're probably doing it right now.
It's an essential act that requires no...
Do psychedelics really work to treat depression and PTSD? Here’s what the evidence says
As of July 1, authorised psychiatrists have been allowed to prescribe MDMA (the chemical found in “ecstasy”) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and...
AI can predict sudden cardiac death in people with heart disease better
You know how your doctor takes fancy pictures of your insides, like X-rays or MRIs?
These are called medical images. You might think we understand...
The crystal ball of genetics: predicting heart disease for all
For the past ten years, scientists have been trying to figure out if you're going to get a disease by looking at your genes.
This...
Playing favorites: joint pain prefers certain US states
Arthritis - that's a pain in the... joints.
Have you ever wondered where arthritis really hangs out? Do you think that people in every US...
New blood test can predict lung cancer early
Pioneering research led by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, is using molecular biology to analyze blood samples to predict...
Excessive sugar intake linked to Alzheimer’s disease
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have identified a potential link between high sugar intake and the development...
Good poop, bad cancer: turning the tables on skin cancer with a dose of...
Science is amazing! A ground-breaking medical trial has just found that fecal transplants – yep, you read that right, transplants of poop – could...
Substance use can impair cognitive function, change the brain
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that 50 million people in the United States grapple with the hardships of cocaine or alcohol use...
What you can do now to prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Everyone experiences moments of forgetfulness.
Where did I put my keys? Who was that actor in that movie? But when does forgetfulness become a medical...