The eye’s light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision function such as regulating pupil size or sleep/wake cyc… [+4196 chars]
A family has opened up about the cruel disorder that led a normal young woman to become psychotic in the days before her death.“The only thing this eating disorder wants … is to put a headstone on yo… [+4220 chars]
High blood level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major causative factor of coronary heart disease. Medicine- and/or diet-mediated reduction of LDL level is known to reduce the ris… [+4644 chars]
Newswise — Neuroscientists have gained new insight into how our brain evolved into a language-ready brain. Compared to chimpanzee brains, the pattern of connections of language areas in our brain has… [+2887 chars]
Flu cases typically increase between April and October, according to Public Health Unit co-director Deb Kay. However, an uptake of the free shot at Barwon Health resulted in 10 times as many people … [+911 chars]
The researchers of Yale School of Medicine modelled the exposure scenario to resemble human exposures in the US, where a portion of the population is vaccinated against COVID-19 and where people cont… [+4248 chars]
Heidi Crayton, MD: With our focus on brain health and preservation of brain volume, we're paying a lot closer attention to how patients present, what they report in terms of cognitive dysfunction, an… [+1554 chars]
About one in five people whose disease affects their colon, develops colorectal cancer which is double the rate in the general population Scientists in Australia have isolated five strains of gut ba… [+1375 chars]
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the intrahost evolution and genetic diversity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.… [+6096 chars]
License and Republishing World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in acc… [+130 chars]
In an online statement released Thursday, June 30, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its decision to recommend higher-dose and adjuvanted influenza vaccines for people… [+2998 chars]
By assessing the functional MR images taken during the exercise, the researchers identified 26 human brain regions where activity either decreased or increased in accordance with light-intensity. Thi… [+2462 chars]