A diabetes, heart failure and kidney disease medication (sotagliflozin) is the first of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes
Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly reduce heart attack and…
Mouth bacteria may hold insight into your future brain function
The bacteria in your mouth and on your tongue may be linked to changes in brain function as you age, new research suggested. The study, led by the University of…
Exercise improves brain function, possibly reducing dementia risk
A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting…
London cabbies’ planning strategies could help inform future of AI
Researchers have measured the thinking time of London taxi drivers – famous for their knowledge of more than 26,000 streets across the city – as part of a study into…
Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease, finds a…
High levels of disordered eating among young people linked to brain differences
More than half of 23-year-olds in a European study show restrictive, emotional or uncontrolled eating behaviours, according to new research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN)…
Poor vascular health accelerates brain ageing
Using an AI tool, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have analysed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains’ biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as…
Overthinking what you said? It’s your ‘lizard brain’ talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain
We’ve all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. “Did they think I talked too much?” “Did…
A new target for anxiety disorders
Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique roles for a protein complex in the structural organization and function of brain cell…
PARKINSON, AL SAN RAFFAELE MILANO MODELLO SPERIMENTALE PER RALLENTARE MALATTIA
Un nuovo studio condotto all’Irccs Ospedale San Raffaele e Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, in collaborazione con la New York University e prestigiosi centri di ricerca italiani (Università di Padova, Università…