Long-term anabolic steroid use linked to lasting heart damage
Long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) has serious consequences for the heart, according to a new study that…
Automated ultrasound offers reliable alternative for screening women with dense breasts
A new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, published by Elsevier, has found that…
As femtosecond lasers find new medical uses, Lithuanian manufacturer bets on scale to meet demand
A recent study, published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, found femtosecond laser imaging assesses lung tumor margins six…
Reading 2000-year-old scrolls without unfurling them
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, volcanic gas and ash buried a library of papyrus scrolls…
Study reveals how CaMKIIα proteins organize during memory formation
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, Kyoto University, SOKENDAI, and the National Institute…
Study explains why Amazonian Indigenous populations show low dementia prevalence
In two Indigenous communities living pre-industrial lifestyles in the Bolivian Amazon, dementia is remarkably uncommon. However, a new longitudinal…
Older heart attack patients need routine invasive treatment rather than selective care
A routine invasive approach should not be replaced with a more selective approach in older patients with the most common…
A childhood shaped by sugar rationing was linked to mental health more than 50 years later
A postwar rationing experiment offered researchers a rare window into how sugar exposure during the earliest stages of…
Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
Persistent financial hardship tracks with poorer memory and processing speed by midlife
Seven decades of cohort data connect chronic financial strain with cognitive differences by midlife and complex patterns of…
Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy changes two childhood brain metabolic markers
A decade after mothers received EPA- and DHA-rich fish oil, MRI scans revealed subtle metabolic differences in their…
New imaging method reveals hidden molecular interactions in cells
Cells are crowded, dynamic places where thousands of molecules interact in tight quarters. Until now, scientists lacked a…