Sleep-like brain waves persist in isolated cortex of epilepsy patients
Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a…
Food insecurity and loneliness linked to higher risk of chronic pain after surgery
People who experience food insecurity or loneliness are much more likely to develop chronic pain after surgery, according…
Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media
Sweetbriar Nature Center – via Storyful With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made…
Deep brain stimulation shows promise in reducing severe stuttering
While stuttering was believed to have purely psychological causes up until about 30 years ago, scientists today attribute…
Innovative system accurately detects genetic mutations in the brain tumor within 25 minutes
A research team in Japan has developed an innovative system that can accurately detect genetic mutations in the…
Quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis significantly extends survival
Around 25% of people with cancer in the U.S. are active smokers when they are diagnosed, and studies…
Prehabilitation program for older adults shows potential to improve postoperative outcomes
A pilot study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that a prehabilitation program that…
New tool enables and enhances protein investigations
A new tool greatly improves scientists’ ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells,…
Genetic and behavioral link found between musicality and language skills
In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck…
Harnessing “DNA surgery” to develop therapeutic medicines for genetic liver and heart diseases
Genome editing is increasingly recognzed as a leading frontier in biomedical research and an essential driver of healthcare…
AI tool detects tiny brain lesions to improve epilepsy treatment in children
An advanced AI tool can detect tiny brain lesions that cause severe epilepsy in children, allowing faster diagnosis,…
Iowa author tells survivors’ stories in ‘Carried Through Cancer’
When Kim Harms was going through breast cancer treatment at age 40, she found strength in her faith,…