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‘Suddenly everybody in the world looked like a creature in a horror movie’: Rare condition causes man to see distorted ‘demon’ faces
Science now knows that people can develop PMO after a brain injury, tumor or infection, or after seizures such as ...
‘A walking experiment in hyper-vaccination’: What happened when a man chose to get 217 COVID shots in just over two years?
A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, new study states ...
PCOS and brain health: Hormonal disorder underdiagnosed, affects 1 in 10 women — and is a sign of cognitive decline later in life
PCOS, a hormonal disorder which affects at least 1 in 10 women, has been linked awith potential cognitive issues in ...
‘Anybody could be my sibling’: How poor regulation of US fertility industry leads to accidental incest
A CNN investigation into fertility fraud nationwide found that most states, including Connecticut, have no laws against it. ...
100,000 Americans are waiting for transplants. Could pig-grown organs close this gap?
The need for more transplant organs is immense and some scientists think animal organs might be a good way to ...
Podcast: Why we ‘evolved not to lose weight’
The evolutionary reasons why it's hard to lose weight and keep it off: fat helped early humans stay alive ...
Determining dementia risk: 21-point Brain Care Score predicts chances of dementia and stroke later in life
A new tool named the Brain Care Score, or BCS, may help you assess your risk of developing dementia or ...
First on the list for de-extinction? The famed dodo
The dodo, a flightless bird once hunted to extinction, is to be re-introduced by genetically engineering fresh ones ...
‘Completely uncharted territory’: First whole eye transplant successful, but patient still blind
A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York had performed the world’s first successful whole-eye transplant in a ...
Fabric of the future: This leather-like jacket is made of bacteria fed on fruit waste
What do you get when you feed bacteria with industrial fruit waste? “A yellow leather jacket” might not be your ...
What time of day is best to exercise if you want to lose weight—and why?
If your main fitness goal is weight loss, you may want to consider the time of day you’re exercising, a ...
Is DNA a ‘natural resource’? China is the epicenter of genetic research, but is hoarding its discoveries
Some experts have warned that this genetic hoarding could make global research cooperation more difficult – and potentially backfire on ...
Which is safer to smoke: Marijuana or tobacco?
Is inhaling marijuana smoke safer than inhaling smoke from tobacco? A majority of American adults say yes, according to a ...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s campaign has hired anti-vax activists and health conspiracy theorists
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign reveal numerous payments to individuals and groups whose ideologies differ significantly from traditional Democratic Party ...
‘I wish I never touched it’: Downside of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
Drug regulators say they have received reports of stomach paralysis among patients taking GLP-1 agonist drugs ...
Is there a simple way to test for signs of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear?
Doctors’ reliance on symptom-based testing could soon change taking a backseat to biomarkers: telltale signs of the disease ...
Alcohol is good for you, alcohol is bad for you? Here’s yet another study to fuel the debate
Researchers say they may be able to explain how light drinking benefits the heart, and its main effect doesn’t stem ...
Memory loss as you age? Multi-vitamin supplements show modest benefits
Older adults who took a multivitamin each day for three years found a mild improvement in their memory after one ...
Personalized pancreatic cancer vaccine that uses mRNA technology to fight tumors show promise
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies, fatal in 88% of patients. It is also one of the ...
Wiring the brain for sex: How to correct for chemical imbalance that lowers libido
While his partner may feel ignored, a man's lack of sexual desire may be due to a chemical imbalance in ...
Why have colorectal cancer cases skyrocketed in recent years among young adults?
Signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool, cramping or ...
Keto and low-carb, high-fat diets linked to heart disease in new study
A low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may be linked to higher levels of “bad” cholesterol and double the risk of cardiovascular ...
6-9 minutes: Daily vigorous exercise for even a short time helps insulate against cognitive decline, study finds
What if you could look at all the things you do daily — walking from room to room, preparing a ...
Long COVID: How long do symptoms linger? Experts disagree
The majority of long Covid symptoms resolve within the first year after infection for people with mild cases of Covid-19, ...
Safety concerns raised about Lecanemab, one of the first drugs to slow Alzheimer’s disease
The experimental drug lecanemab shows “potential” as an Alzheimer’s disease treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the ...
AI can predict 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke with an X-ray scan
Early research suggests a promising use of artificial intelligence to predict the 10-year risk of death from a heart attack ...
We’re more vulnerable to colds and flu in the winter. Here’s the biological reason why
[G]erms are present year-round — just think back to your last summer cold. So why do people get more colds, ...
$3.5 million per treatment: FDA approves the most expensive drug in the world, for blood disorder hemophilia
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Hemgenix, a new drug to treat hemophilia. Manufacturer CSL Behring set ...
