“Try Googling ‘record-setting lake trout New Hampshire,’” I found myself saying recently to an anxious patient while we explored ways…
Focused ultrasound opening brain to previously impossible treatments
Focused ultrasound, the researchers hope, could revolutionize treatment for conditions from Alzheimer’s to epilepsy to brain tumors — and even…
Cholesterol lowering drugs linked to improved gut bacteria composition in obese people
Obese Europeans who are treated with cholesterol lowering drugs have not only lower values of blood LDL cholesterol and markers…
Safely relaxing social distancing comes down to numbers
Your house number could be the key to the safe relaxation of COVID-19-related restrictions if governments follow a new exit…
First-in-kind study reveals genetic markers of type 2 diabetes in East Asians
This research shows how different populations of people share most of the genetic susceptibilities to developing type 2 diabetes but…
Obesity is linked to gut microbiota disturbance, but not among statin-treated individuals
Scientists set out to investigate a potential role of the gut microbiota in the development of cardio-metabolic diseases. They ended…
Regularly attending religious services associated with lower risk of deaths of despair, study finds
People who attended religious services at least once a week were significantly less likely to die from ‘deaths of despair,’…
Bat ‘super immunity’ may explain how bats carry coronaviruses, study finds
Researchers have uncovered how bats can carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus without getting sick — research that…
Dual personalities visualized for shape-shifting molecule
Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the structure of a key genetic molecule, called RNA, and revealing for the…
Sewage poses potential COVID-19 transmission risk, experts warn
Environmental biologists have warned that the potential spread of COVID-19 via sewage ‘must not be neglected’ in the battle to…