Read More Scince News Health 25 days ago Intermittent Fasting and the Brain: New Scientific Review A comprehensive review finds intermittent fasting typically does not harm adult cognitive performance. Learn when fasting matters, how ketones influence the brain, and practical guidance for different age groups.
Read More Scince News Health 25 days ago Why Zoning Out Is Your Brain’s Secret Rinse Cycle —Explained New MIT research links brief zoning-out episodes to cerebrospinal fluid waves that mimic deep-sleep cleanup. Sleep loss increases these micro 'rinse cycles,' trading attention for brain maintenance.
Read More Scince News Health 25 days ago Lab-grown Young Immune Cells Partly Reverse Alzheimer's Lab-grown 'young' immune cells derived from human iPSCs improved memory and brain-cell health in aged mice, preserving microglia and mossy cells. The study points to immune signaling and extracellular vesicles as potential anti-aging therapies.
Read More Scince News Health 25 days ago Can a Daily Walk Slow Alzheimer's Tau and Cognitive Decline? A Nature Medicine study links daily step counts to slower tau accumulation and cognitive decline. Benefits peak around 7,500 steps, but 3,000–5,000 steps still help — wearable trackers could support prevention trials.
Read More Scince News Health 25 days ago Fat Cells Trigger Rapid Hair Regrowth: Baldness Breakthrough New research shows that activating fat cells near hair follicles triggers rapid hair regrowth in mice within 20 days. Scientists mapped an inflammation-driven pathway and tested a fatty-acid serum that may inform future hair-loss treatments.
Read More Scince News Health 26 days ago Should Exercise Targets Differ by Sex for Heart Health? New evidence suggests men and women may get different heart benefits from the same exercise. While 150 minutes weekly remains a solid baseline, tailoring activity to sex and starting fitness could improve cardiac rehab outcomes.
Read More Scince News Health 26 days ago Child Gut Bacteria Linked to Later Anxiety and Depression A Nature Communications study links gut microbial patterns at age two with increased risk of anxiety and depression by mid-childhood, suggesting the microbiome may shape emotional brain circuits and offering targets for future interventions.
Read More Scince News Health 26 days ago Maternal COVID Linked to Higher Autism Risk in Children A study of 18,000+ births finds maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy linked to a roughly 30% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses, including increased autism diagnoses by age three.
Read More Scince News Health 26 days ago MIT Nanoparticles Boost Immunotherapy, Erase Ovarian Tumors MIT researchers developed liposome-based nanoparticles that deliver IL‑12 directly into ovarian tumors, dramatically boosting immunotherapy and eradicating metastatic disease in over 80% of treated mice while limiting systemic toxicity.
Read More Scince News Health 27 days ago When Machines Might Feel: Why Consciousness Research Matters As AI and neurotechnology accelerate, researchers warn our understanding of consciousness lags behind. This article explains why tests for sentience matter and outlines medical, legal and ethical implications.
Read More Scince News Health 27 days ago Molecular Memory Switches: Restoring Aging Brains Now Virginia Tech researchers used CRISPR-based tools to modify K63 polyubiquitination and reactivate the IGF2 gene in aged rats, restoring memory function and pointing to new paths for treating cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s risk.
Read More Scince News Health 27 days ago Hidden Protein Link Explains Deadly Short-Telomere Diseases UW–Madison researchers discovered that replication protein A (RPA) stimulates telomerase, explaining some unexplained short-telomere diseases and offering new diagnostic paths for severe blood disorders and cancers.
Read More Scince News Health 27 days ago Pleiotrophin Could Restore Memory in Down Syndrome Brains Researchers found that restoring pleiotrophin, a molecule reduced in Down syndrome, improves synapse formation and plasticity in adult mice, suggesting new avenues for therapies targeting astrocytes and circuit repair.
Read More Scince News Health 28 days ago Halloween Contact Lenses: Prevent Injuries and Infections Novelty Halloween contact lenses can cause keratitis, corneal ulcers and severe vision loss if unregulated or misused. Learn safe use, risks like Acanthamoeba infection, and expert guidance.
Read More Scince News Health 29 days ago Astatine-211: Rarest Element Poised to Fight Cancer Texas A&M has developed a production and automated purification pipeline for astatine-211, a rare alpha-emitting isotope showing promise for targeted cancer therapy. Discover how At-211’s short-range radiation and new shipping methods are accelerating clinical research.
Read More Scince News Health 29 days ago Self‑Repairing Nanoparticles Restore Memory in Alzheimer’s IBEC and WCHSU researchers used supramolecular nanoparticles to repair the blood‑brain barrier, rapidly clear amyloid‑β, and reverse Alzheimer’s‑like memory loss in mice — rebooting the brain’s self‑cleaning system.
Read More Scince News Health 29 days ago Hidden Brain Rhythms Could Transform Parkinson's Care Researchers pooled deep-brain recordings from 119 Parkinson’s patients to isolate beta-band rhythms tied to motor symptoms. These signals could guide adaptive deep brain stimulation for smarter, symptom-responsive therapy.
Read More Scince News Health 30 days ago Which Junk Foods Damage Your Brain Most? New Study Virginia Tech research links extra daily servings of ultra-processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages to higher risk of cognitive impairment in older adults, highlighting cooking skills and diet changes as prevention.
Read More Scince News Health a month ago Mystery Molecules in Dogs: Clues to Human Longevity Tufts-led research of nearly 800 dogs links unusual blood metabolites and kidney function to aging. These biomarkers, including gut-derived ptmAAs, may help predict health and guide interventions for dogs and humans.
Read More Scince News Health a month ago Why Longer Walks Beat Short Bursts for Heart Health A UK Biobank study of 33,560 adults shows that longer, continuous walking bouts—rather than many short bursts—are linked to lower risks of death and cardiovascular disease, especially for low-active people.
