Neuroscience

Navigating the future: Brain cells that plan where to go

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered a region of the brain that encodes where an animal is planning to be in the near future. Linked to internal maps of spatial locations and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Improving PTSD may also improve diabetes outcomes

No longer meeting diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with a lower risk for poor diabetes outcomes, particularly among younger veterans, according to a study published online Aug. 13 ...

Health

FDA moves to further reduce salt levels in food

Emboldened by success in its initial efforts to cut dietary salt intake by Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced Phase II of the endeavor.

Medications

New deals will cut medicare costs for expensive drugs

The Biden administration said Thursday that it has signed deals with drug companies that will lower the prices on 10 of the most popular and expensive drugs used by American seniors.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox kills 548 in DR Congo, case recorded in Sweden

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveler in Sweden.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox vaccine maker ready to produce 10 million doses

Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Thursday it was ready to produce up to 10 million doses of its vaccine targeting mpox by 2025 after the World Health Organization declared a surge in the virus in Africa a global public ...

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