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Neuroscience

Brain networks rewire to compensate for difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments, study finds

As they age, some people find it harder to understand speech in noisy environments. Now, University at Buffalo researchers have identified the area in the brain, called the insula, that shows significant changes in people ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Developing a probiotic cocktail that may help ward off dementia

Hariom Yadav, Ph.D., can't get a particular cocktail off his mind—especially because our aging population potentially could benefit from the benefits for brain health that this punch may pack.

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Health

Food as medicine: How diet shapes gut microbiome health

The modern Western-style diet—high in processed foods, red meat, dairy products, and sugar—alters the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that can have a huge impact on health. This dietary pattern, which is also ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI tool automates liver tumor detection and monitoring

Investigators of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Radiomics Group, led by Raquel Perez-Lopez, have developed SALSA (System for Automatic Liver tumor Segmentation And detection), a fully automated deep learning-driven ...

Gastroenterology

Human gut fungus reverses liver disease in mice

Researchers at Peking University have discovered that a filamentous gut fungus, Fusarium foetens, can reverse metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in mice. These findings have implications for developing ...

Medications

Diabetes drug shows potential to slow prostate cancer cell growth

An international team of scientists led by the Medical University of Vienna has identified similarities in the mechanisms of diabetes and cancer: as the researchers show, the protein PPARγ, which is central to the regulation ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Women are overtaking men in the most extreme sports events, study shows

Much of the work devoted to exploring potential sex-specific differences in exercise or sports performance has been derived from laboratory-based studies. While these studies are typically well-controlled and guide an understanding ...

Health

Higher cigarette taxes may improve childhood survival

A higher tax on cigarettes in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) can help to reduce child mortality, especially among the poorest children, a new study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and published in The ...

Neuroscience

How resilient nerve cells fight back against dementia

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit flies. The study, published in Cell Reports, is helping to answer one of the biggest questions in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

AI technique can uncover antiviral compounds using limited data

Artificial intelligence algorithms have now been combined with traditional laboratory methods to uncover promising drug leads against human enterovirus 71 (EV71), the pathogen behind most cases of hand, foot and mouth disease.

Genetics

Scientists discover how circular RNA affects wound healing

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new mechanism where circular RNA plays a crucial role in wound healing, which could lead to new therapies to improve wound healing and reduce scarring. The study is published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Research opens doors of access to youth mental health services

University of Alberta students, researchers and community members helped shape a cross-Canada initiative that has improved the way youth mental health services are delivered across the country, allowing more patients to be ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers find link between HPV and thyroid eye disease

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers have identified molecular evidence linking human papillomavirus (HPV) to thyroid eye disease (TED) through molecular mimicry involving HPV capsid proteins and autoimmune ...