Mommy and me! Emma Stone is relishing in the early days of parenthood since giving birth to her and husband Dave McCary’s first child in March. Relive Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Love Story “Emma has been at home with her husband and the baby. She’s been very low-key and has asked people to just […]
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The hunger games: Uncovering the secret of the hunger switch in the brain
Being constantly hungry, no matter how much you eat, is the daily struggle of people with genetic defects in the brain’s appetite controls, and it often ends in severe obesity. In a study published in Science on April 15, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with colleagues from the Queen Mary University of […]
Research breakthrough in understanding how neural systems process and store information
A team of scientists from the University of Exeter and the University of Auckland have made a breakthrough in the quest to better understand how neural systems are able to process and store information. The researchers, including lead author Dr. Kyle Wedgwood from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute, have made a significant discovery […]
Toxic gas in rat brains shows potential for new dementia treatments
A potential treatment for dementia and epilepsy could look to reduce the amounts of a toxic gas in the brain has been revealed in a new study using rat brain cells. The research published in Scientific Reports today shows that treatments to reduce levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the brain may help to ward […]
U.S. Calls For Pause Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Over Rare Blood Clot Concerns In Women
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprised the country on Tuesday when the agencies announced that they were recommending a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Why? The vaccine has been linked to a rare form of blood clots in women. According to a […]
E-cigarettes with a cigarette-like level of nicotine are effective in reducing smoking
E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to the major tobacco-related pulmonary carcinogen, NNAL, even with concurrent smoking, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The study, which will be published in […]
Pandemic drinking puts more than 100 people in hospital
Pandemic drinking puts more than 100 people in hospital with worst affected patients in their early 60s or early 70s NHS had 750,000 alcohol-related admissions between last April and December Figures show there were almost 20,000 admissions among those aged 90-plus Drinkers in their 20s and 30s accounted for a relatively small number of cases More than […]
Genes and immune cells predict immunotherapy success in bladder cancer
Sets of genes associated with resistance to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer of the bladder have been identified and validated by researchers at Mount Sinai. In a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, the team uncovered gene signatures representing adaptive immunity and pro-tumorigenic inflammation that were responsible for sensitivity or resistance to immune […]
Failure to rescue a major driver of excess maternal mortality in Black women
In a study of over 73 million delivery hospitalizations during a 19-year period in the United States, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that failure to rescue from severe maternal morbidity contributes more than a half of the 3-fold difference in maternal mortality between Black […]
Heart failure and stroke rising in men under 40
Heart failure and stroke are unusual diagnoses among younger people. But they are now clearly on the rise in men below the age of 40, according to a University of Gothenburg study. The scientists have found links to obesity and low fitness in the upper teens. The present study, published in Journal of Internal Medicine, […]