Women who have heart attacks experience the same key symptoms as men, quashing one of the reasons given for women…
Family history of diabetes linked to increased bone mineral density
The association between type 2 diabetes and increased fracture risk is well documented. However, little was known about the possible…
Disease-carrying mosquitoes push northern limits with time-capsule eggs
Invasive mosquitoes at the northern limit of their current range are surviving conditions that are colder than those in their…
What drives inflammation in type 2 diabetes? Not glucose, says new research
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom that glucose is the primary driver of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes.…
Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer’s disease development identified
Scientists have discovered how to forestall Alzheimer’s disease in a laboratory setting, a finding that could one day help in…
Speed identified as the best predictor of car crashes
Speeding is the riskiest kind of aggressive driving, according to a unique analysis of data from on-board devices in vehicles.
Fake news can lead to false memories
Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, according…
Repeated semen exposure promotes host resistance to infection in preclinical HIV model
Contrary to the long-held view that semen can only act as a way to transmit HIV-1 from men to women,…
Type 2 diabetes may affect heart structure and increase complications and death among heart failure patients of Asian ethnicity
The combination of heart failure and Type 2 diabetes can lead to structural changes in the heart, poorer quality of…
Insight into cells’ ‘self-eating’ process could pave the way for new dementia treatments
Cells regularly go through a process called autophagy — literally translated as ‘self-eating’ — which helps to destroy bacteria and…