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Medical Xpress / Vitamin B3 treatment may halt severity of rare genetic disease
Children with a rare and often fatal genetic condition may benefit from early treatment with vitamin B3, halting significant deterioration, according to a new study.
Phys.org / Cracking the axolotl code: How to regrow limbs and stay young
Minor cuts and scrapes usually heal in time, but losing a finger or a whole limb? For most vertebrates, that's a done deal. Unless, of course, you've got the self-healing machinery of an axolotl.
Medical Xpress / Why does singing feel so good? Is it good for your health?
Have you ever wondered why it feels so good to sing in the shower? Or why turning up the radio in the middle of a traffic jam and singing out loud can put you in a better mood?
Medical Xpress / Sweat-powered fingertip patch accurately monitors Parkinson's medication
Engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, wearable fingertip patch that continuously tracks a patient's Parkinson's disease medication levels through sweat. The device ...
Medical Xpress / Lifelong supplementation reduced midlife mortality risk in mice
Maintaining and improving quality of life (QOL) and extending a healthy lifespan are among the most important objectives for an aging society. A research group led by Dr. Keiko Odera and Dr. Ryoya Takahashi, a former professor, ...
Medical Xpress / Cancer patients are far more likely to develop mental disorder diagnoses, study shows
A cancer diagnosis can turn life upside down, but new research suggests that its consequences reach far beyond physical health. Patients diagnosed with cancer are twice as likely to develop a mental disorder later in life ...
Phys.org / Similarity between human and bovine cells could advance drug discovery
Apoptosis is the natural process by which damaged or no longer needed cells are eliminated from the body. Researchers have long investigated how this mechanism might be manipulated to treat cancer and other serious diseases.
Phys.org / NASA science soars during August total solar eclipse
Each time the moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse—darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the sun's ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona—it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and ...
Phys.org / Astronomers catch massive galaxy assembling piece by piece 1.2 billion years after Big Bang
Astronomers have discovered a remarkably tiny group of six young galaxies just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. This may be a rare glimpse of how some of the universe's largest galaxies formed. The paper outlining the ...
Medical Xpress / Does regular exercise stop you from getting sick in winter?
Winter has a way of making the office, train and school pickup line feel like a giant Petri dish of germs and potential infection. It's also when many of us quietly let our exercise routines slide.
Medical Xpress / Aspirin reverses diet-driven depression-like behavior in mice
Depression is among the most common psychiatric disorders, estimated to affect between 280 million and 332 million people worldwide. This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and hopelessness, low energy, a loss ...
Phys.org / JWST could spot volcanic 'exo-Ios' around super-Jupiters
Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes that spew molten lava into space. This activity results from a process called tidal heating, in which ...