Enriched environments improve stroke recovery and reduce brain inflammation
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Its recovery is often challenging as most of…
Armidale museum freezes dozens of koalas for taxidermy and research
Motorists’ instincts when they spot roadkill are usually to swerve to avoid running over the animal, to stop…
Expanding the fight against heart disease — Harvard Gazette
U.S. medical organizations are looking to reduce deaths caused by heart disease, the nation’s No. 1 killer, with…
OICR funds four Ontario teams to develop next-generation cancer therapies
Better cancer care depends on better treatment options. That’s why the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is…
Midlife exercise linked to a 50% longer life for women
Halfway through life, the body starts changing in ways that are easy to miss at first. Muscle mass…
Early childhood habits shape physical activity levels in adolescence
The numbers are sobering: nearly 80 per cent of the world’s teenagers don’t get enough physical activity, according…
Wireless ureteral stent sleeve enables early detection of hydronephrosis
Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked,…
CAR T therapy induces remission in multiple autoimmune diseases
For the first time, scientists have used a cutting-edge cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different life-threatening autoimmune diseases that…
People don’t overeat because food just tastes so good
“Betcha can’t eat just one!” This slogan for Lay’s potato chips seemed endearing in mid-20th-century America, before the…
A mother’s 20-year quest fuels a startling Duchenne breakthrough
A year after the worst day of her life, Debra Miller received a voicemail she couldn’t quite make…
Study identifies a common brain activity pattern across psychedelics
Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that several psychedelic drugs – including psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT and…
Study questions benefits of fish oil after mild brain injuries
A first-of-its-kind study led by the Medical University of South Carolina raises questions about the value of fish…