Immigrants face longer ICU stays after stroke in Canada
Among people who have a stroke in Canada, immigrants were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at…
Stay sharp after menopause: How aerobic exercise can improve key thinking skills
Regular aerobic exercise – the kind that gets your heart pumping – can improve important thinking skills called…
Superfood or superhype? The four popular supplements you probably don’t need
Britons are taking more health supplements than ever before, often because of advice from social media influencers, a…
A personalized elimination diet changed the gut microbiome in people with migraine
Researchers tracked gut bacteria, zonulin, and migraine-related biomarkers to test whether personalized food elimination could influence pathways connecting…
Probiotics for mental health? A new review finds promising signals and major gaps
Researchers map the probiotic strains and gut-brain pathways being investigated across anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, revealing…
Brain organoids reveal how Alu-mediated gene deletion can lead to neurodegeneration
Brain diseases, including dementia, have long been studied using experimental animals such as mice. However, differences between the…
New funding backs pioneering research to make brain cancer treatment more effective
Adelaide researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more…
Study reveals why diffuse midline glioma develops in brain midline regions
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown that specific brain cells respond differently to the H3.3…
Specific brain regions found more vulnerable to dementia with Lewy bodies
Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common forms of dementia in older adults, after Alzheimer’s…
Study finds distinct patterns of innate immune activity in mental disorders
The immune system may also play a role in mental disorders. Scientists are investigating these links with brain…
Disrupted brain-immune signaling may help drive neurodegeneration
From gut-primed T cells to microglial signaling and persistent gene-regulatory states, researchers map an intricate immune network that…
Depression stalls formation of new brain cells: Study
The small number of neurons created in the adult brain hippocampus may help prevent depression, a Columbia University…