Burping is one habit that might earn us a telling off when we are children, with it considered by many […]
Football linked to more brain damage beyond white matter marks
Reviewed Signs of injury to the brain's white matter called white matter hyperintensities, as seen on brain scans, may be […]
Emotional problems in young people were rising rapidly even before the pandemic
There was a substantial increase in emotional problems among young people in Wales in the years immediately before the pandemic, […]
Use of blood fat-lowering statins linked to slower progression of Alzheimer's dementia
Reviewed Blood fat-lowering statins could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, at least for some patients. This is the result […]
Alzheimer’s discovery reveals dire effect of toxic tau protein
Alzheimer’s disease researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for […]
Waking up to your phone alarm could be putting you at risk
Your morning alarm clock might not just be annoying. It could be raising your blood pressure, putting you at greater […]
COVID likely paralyzed a teen’s vocal cords, doctors say
COVID-19 appears to have paralyzed a teen girl’s vocal cords, blocking her breathing to the point that surgery was required, […]
Timing is everything: How circadian rhythms influence our brains
Why are we mentally sharper at certain times of day? A study led by Jonathan Lipton MD, Ph.D., at Boston […]
Smoking causes irreversible brain shrinkage, increasing dementia risk
Cigarette smoking causes brain shrinkage, and the more and longer a person smokes, the greater the damage is, according to […]
Why are we in the middle of an obesity epidemic? Here is a possible explanation
Since 2010, the number of people with obesity in Denmark has doubled, while other countries have seen an even greater […]