Old Blood Pressure Drug Reveals New Cancer Targets
A decades-old blood pressure medication, hydralazine, has revealed a surprising molecular action that could reshape trea...
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How Speech Speed Can Reveal Early Signs of Alzheimer's
Early patterns in everyday speech may flag cognitive decline long before classic memory tests do. Recent research sugges...
Your Brain's Five Life Epochs: How Wiring Changes with Age
Neuroscientists now describe the human brain not as a fixed machine but as an organ that shifts its wiring in predictabl...
Do Tattoos Raise Skin Cancer Risk? What We Know Today
Tattoos are part of everyday life for millions, but could body art carry a hidden health cost? Recent epidemiological re...
Black Friday and Your Brain: The Neuroscience Explained
Every November, Black Friday bursts onto the calendar with flashy deals, timers, and warnings that items are running out...
Oral Arginine Reduces Amyloid Plaques in Animal Models
Researchers in Japan report that oral arginine — an amino acid already used for chest pain and high blood pressure — cle...
Stem-Cell Transplant Reverses Vision Loss in AMD Patients
Researchers report a first-in-human stem-cell transplant that appears to restore central vision in some older adults wit...
Persistent Maternal Thyroid Imbalance Raises Autism Risk
New large-scale research links ongoing maternal thyroid hormone imbalance during pregnancy with an increased chance of a...
Brain Rot and Short Videos: APA Finds Cognitive Harm
Last year Oxford Dictionaries popularized the term "brain rot" to describe the numbing effect of endless low-quality onl...
Married and Gaining Weight: Why Couples Pack on Pounds
New data from an Australian longitudinal study suggests romantic partnerships often coincide with modest but consistent ...
Untreated Sleep Apnea Nearly Doubles Parkinson’s Risk
New research suggests that leaving obstructive sleep apnea untreated may dramatically raise the odds of developing Parki...
Nasal Nanodrops Target Glioblastoma: A New Immune Route
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Northwestern University have developed an intranasal nanodro...
A Spoonful of Black Cumin: Could It Lower Cholesterol?
A common culinary spice with a long folk-medicine history is drawing renewed scientific attention. A small clinical tria...
First Human Death from H5N5 Bird Flu Reported in US
A Washington state resident has died after contracting a rare avian influenza strain, H5N5, marking the first recorded h...
Could Regular Cheese Consumption Lower Dementia Risk?
Does a taste for cheese tell us something about future brain health? A new Japanese cohort study suggests a small but me...
Hybrid Immune Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
A novel hybrid immune-cell therapy has fully prevented and reversed type 1 diabetes in mice without long-term immunosupp...
High-Intensity Yoga Might Be the Most Effective Sleep Aid
Rolling out a yoga mat and syncing movement with breath may do more than calm your mind — new evidence suggests it could...
Finasteride and Male Hair Loss: Effectiveness vs Risks
Finasteride has long been a go-to prescription for men facing androgenetic alopecia, promising slowed hair loss and in m...
Cutting TV Time Could Slash Midlife Depression Risk 43%
A major long-term analysis suggests that even modest shifts away from hours spent watching television and toward physica...
MIT Method Reboots Retina to Restore Vision in Amblyopia
MIT researchers report a surprising route to revive sight lost to amblyopia, or "lazy eye": briefly silencing the retina...