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Insomnia breakthrough: Scientists discover the brain cells that age us also control sleep
A new study by Oxford University reveals the 'internal stress' that ages our cells and triggers disease also activates neurones that control sleep in fruit flies, with human...
9 hours ago - Daily Mail
It's spring already? Physics explains why time flies as we age
Researchers have a new explanation for why those endless days of childhood seemed to last so much longer than they do now - physics. According to the theory, the apparent...
10 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Intensive BP Meds in Elderly May Slow Hypertensive Brain Damage
The benefit by MRI in the small randomized INFINITY study with patients 75 years and older didn't come with improved cognition or mobility, but it also didn't raise risk of...
11 hours ago - Medscape - 2 articles
How our body 'listens' to vibrations
We all know the feeling of a mobile phone vibrating in our hands. We perceive these vibrations so clearly thanks to specialized receptors that transduce them into neural...
12 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model
New work shows that an enzyme inhibitor reduced inflammation in the brains of mice born to mothers with maternal immune activation. Inflammation triggered by the enzyme...
12 hours ago - ScienceDaily
People's Brains Don't Reach Adulthood Until Age 30, Study Finds
•Scientists explained our brains don't reach adulthood until our 30s at a new meeting on brain development. •Our brains are constantly developing over a span of three decades...
13 hours ago - Mens health
Girl, nine, survives her inoperable cancer doctors d
Caroline Brown, from Northumberland, had an earache, weight loss, and lack of energy over four months in 2017. Then seven, a stage-four tumour was eventually found close to her...
17 hours ago - Daily Mail
Study examines impact of high altitude exposure on memory
Oxygen is essential for maintaining normal human brain function, and living at high altitudes can lead to deficits in cognition such as attention and memory.
18 hours ago - News Medical
Enzyme inhibitor stops inflammation and neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse models
Work published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that an enzyme inhibitor developed by Professor Bruce Hammock and colleagues at UC...
20 hours ago - News Medical
Eating Nuts Every Day Can Boost Your Brain Health
Eating more nuts daily can improve your brain health and keep your brain sharp. So, make sure to grab some nuts every day to boost your thinking, reasoning and memory skills.
20 hours ago - Medindia Health
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Scalding Hot Tea May Boost Esophageal Cancer Risk
A previous study linked hot tea with esophageal cancer, but this new one is the first to pinpoint a specific temperature, according to the researchers.
FDA Takes New Look at Breast Implant Safety
On Tuesday, the FDA warned two breast implant makers that they'd failed to conduct adequate long-term studies of their implants' effects on women's health.
Scientists discover two enzymes linked to pancreatic cancer - paving way to...
A new study from the UC San Diego School of Medicine found that pancreatic cancer patients live longer when they have low levels of enzxyme PHLPP1 and high levels of enzyme PKC.
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Americans who got in just 10 to 59 minutes of moderate physical activity every week had an 18 percent lower risk of death from any cause, compared with couch potatoes, the...
FDA Approves First Drug For Postpartum Depression - If You Have An Extra...
The treatment works almost immediately - but costs thousands of dollars and involves a lengthy hospital stay It's hard to hate on any treatment that science provides for curing...