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Scientists search for new methods to cure neurodegenerative diseases
Most neurons in the human brain are generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. After birth, a small reservoir of stem cells remains in the brain that keeps...
8 hours ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
How to rapidly image entire brains at nanoscale resolution
A powerful new technique combines expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy for nanoscale imaging of fly and mouse neuronal circuits and their molecular...
9 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Brain cells that make pain unpleasant
If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there's a piercing physical sensation in your foot, and that it's not pleasant. Now, a team of...
10 hours ago - ScienceDaily
New findings reveal surprising role of the cerebellum in reward and social behaviors
A study in rodents found that the brain's cerebellum - known to play a role in motor coordination - also helps control the brain's reward circuitry. Researchers found a direct...
11 hours ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
Does Cannabis Use Cause Schizophrenia?
As the drug becomes more popular, concerns have been raised that its use can lead to psychotic disorders. Here's what scientists know for sure, and what they don't.
11 hours ago - NY Times
I Have Anxiety, and This Is How I Get Through My Workday
Living with anxiety is like swimming in the ocean during a storm: it's a struggle to keep your head above water, and any minute, you could get swallowed up by a wave. Even when...
13 hours ago - PopSugar
Research brings new hope to treating degenerative brain diseases
Alzheimer's disease is the most representative degenerative brain disease, accounting for 60 to 80% of all dementia cases. In search for new mechanism for AD, the research team...
14 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Can acupuncture be used to treat peripheral neuropathy?
Your central nervous system consists of your brain and your spinal cord, while your peripheral nervous system connects these to the rest of your body. Peripheral neuropathy...
14 hours ago - Natural News
Want To Keep Your Brain On Its Toes: Physical Exercise Is The Best
Physical exercises can preserve an older adult's thinking and recalling/ memory ability, even if they have brain lesions or bio-markers linked to dementia, finds a new study.
15 hours ago - Medindia Health
Schizophrenia can be caused by structural abnormality in adolescent brain associated with genetic risk
Schizophrenia could be caused by a genetic mutation that causes a structural abnormality in the brain during adolescence. Therefore testing for the gene SLC39A8, and brain...
16 hours ago - ScienceDaily
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Drinking Soft Drinks While Exercising in Hot Weather May Up Kidney Disease
Drinking soft drinks while exercising in hot weather can put you at a higher kidney disease risk, reveals a new study.
Existing Concussion Tests for Ice Hockey Players Miss Vital Brain Function...
Novel tool measures the brain's vital signs using complex brainwave data as a new study finds that existing concussion tests often have persistent, undetected deficits in...
A Novel Stem Cell Approach to Treat Diabetes
Stem cell-derived beta cells have been developed by a researcher that produces correct amount of insulin more responsive to the fluctuating glucose in the cells.
Blister Fluid Can Help Diagnose Burn Depth and Severity Much Faster
Blister fluid can identify burn depth and severity more accurately, reveals a new study.
Rapid Increase in Co-usage of Opioids and Benzodiazepines Among Americans
Intake of a combination of opioids along with drugs commonly prescribed for pain, insomnia, and anxiety is rapid raising among the Americans.
Non-profit consumer group calls for action; cites increase in food recalls
Likening a trip to the grocery store to shooting craps, a consumer watchdog group is reporting that data from the U.S. government shows food recalls are on an upward trend...
From preventing bloating to reduced cancer risk, here are 5 health benefits...
The pineapple is a nutritious tropical fruit, and you should consume fresh pineapples if you want to keep your bones healthy and lower your risk of developing cancer. The...
Breast cancer risk skyrockets when you gain weight
Losing weight doesn't just make you look and feel good. It can significantly improve your overall health, and according to a study, it might even lower the cancer risk of...
Another drop in opioid prescribing - but progress is slow in rural areas...
Doctors prescribe 14 percent fewer opioids to their patients in the US now than they did in 2014, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found - but rural...
Meet the Diet That's Sustainable, Will Improve Your Health, and Can Save the...
Move over, keto diet ; there's a new diet ready to take the throne. According to a new report published in The Lancet , people should eat less meat and sugars and more fruits...