Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How a newly examined gut microbe drives the gut-lung axis
A team led by University of Toronto researchers has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung.
Dec 19, 2024
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Health
Five ways to make your daily walks even more beneficial
Physical activity doesn't need to be complicated. Even just a brisk, ten-minute daily walk can deliver a host of health benefits—lowering the risk of several diseases, including heart disease, stroke and several cancers.
Dec 7, 2024
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Dentistry
Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth
People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.
Dec 13, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Newly discovered mechanism reveals NAD's role in aging and disease
UiB researchers are behind a new discovery that tells us how associated neurodegenerative diseases might develop. At the center of this discovery stands a molecule called NAD, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. The results ...
Dec 23, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What social rejection teaches your brain
Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological mechanisms that influence how ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study highlights novel non-invasive brain surgery for lasting relief from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder
When conventional non-invasive treatments for psychiatric diseases fail, clinicians inevitably have to consider brain surgery. However, brain surgery for psychiatric diseases has long been taboo among the general public due ...
Dec 4, 2024
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Genetics
Scientists find cause of rare devastating, autoimmune disease in Puerto Ricans—but also find potential treatment
A rare autoimmune condition with a tongue-twister of a name may impact people of Puerto Rican heritage through a newly discovered genetic pathway, a discovery that may ultimately guide genetic counseling and treatment, scientists ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
International study challenges idea of innate morality
The question as to whether morality is innate has been hotly debated in developmental psychology for decades. Studies have yielded mixed results, although a series of studies suggested that infants already have an understanding ...
Dec 2, 2024
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Medical research
An unexpected side effect: Intermittent fasting may slow hair regrowth
Intermittent fasting has proven benefits for metabolic health, but a new study shows that it could slow hair growth—at least in mice. Researchers report December 13 in the journal Cell that mice subjected to intermittent ...
Dec 13, 2024
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Neuroscience
The brain's processing paradox: Study quantifies the speed of human thought
Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies' sensory systems gather data about our environments at a rate of a trillion bits per second, which is 100 billion ...
Dec 17, 2024
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