7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (25+ words) Somewhere in your bloodstream, a type of white blood cell is quietly doing double duty. Monocytes are foot soldiers of the immune system, dispatched to...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (23+ words) Deep in the prefrontal cortex, a small population of neurons is doing something that shouldn't be happening. Under chronic stress, these cells (called...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (231+ words) You have a deadline. You know exactly what needs to happen. And yet you sit there, unable to begin. This isn't laziness or weak character. Neuroscientists at Kyoto University have now pinpointed a specific brain pathway that functions like a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (285+ words) For millions facing depression, the choice between medication, therapy, or alternative approaches can feel paralyzing. A comprehensive review of 73 trials suggests that physical activity deserves serious consideration alongside traditional treatments, performing about as well as psychological therapy in reducing symptoms....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (523+ words) People with schizophrenia break bones at rates far higher than the general population, a pattern doctors have puzzled over for decades. Explanations typically point to medication side effects, poor nutrition, or lack of sunlight. A new genomic analysis suggests the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (466+ words) Mc Gill researchers Pablo Rusjan; Rachel Rabin, Romina Mizrahi and Joseph Farrugia at The Neuro's PET scanner. If you smoke both cannabis and tobacco, your brain chemistry looks different in ways scientists are only now beginning to understand. And those…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (254+ words) The gut speaks to the brain in chemical whispers. In mice, those whispers turned into a clear message: drink less alcohol when a common fungus blooms. Tufts University researchers report that Candida albicans, a frequent gut resident that overgrows in…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (248+ words) The research analyzed data from 131, 895 participants who had shared genetic information and answered questions about whether and how often they used cannabis. The team then searched millions of DNA markers for patterns that tracked with lifetime use and frequency. What…...

10+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (387+ words) Children with autism spectrum disorder showed significant improvements in core symptoms after receiving a specially formulated vitamin D3 nanoemulsion, according to a clinical trial involving 80 children aged 3-6 years. The nanoemulsion delivered vitamin D3 more effectively than conventional supplements, leading to measurable improvements…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (676+ words) The ingestible capsule is about the size of a multivitamin, and once swallowed, it expands into a star shape that helps it remain in the stomach until all of the drug is released. Credits: Credit: Adam Glanzman A new pill…...