Neuroscientists have uncovered how exploratory actions enable animals to learn their spatial environment more efficiently. Their findings could help build better AI agents that can learn faster and require less experience. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL found the instinctual exploratory runs that animals carry out are not random. These purposeful actions allow […]

A study demonstrated that non-invasive stimulation of the right cerebellum led to improvements in episodic memory performance in healthy elderly individuals, at the end of a 12-day neurostimulation program, but also 4-month follow-up. The steady increase in average life expectancy poses significant challenges to individuals, families, and societies across multiple dimensions. Estimating that by 2050 one in every six individuals […]

After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year? Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. This year’s mild winter and early snow melt, though, could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, scientists said. In […]

British Heart Foundation: Understanding blood clots Blood clots are a double-edged sword. When the gel-like clumps spur on in response to bleeding, they can prove useful. However, not all clots are to be welcomed. Blood clots that develop in your veins, also known as deep vein thrombosis, can be dangerous. Fortunately, a doctor has shared the five red flags to […]

Combining a serum containing silymarin with nonablative laser therapy could serve as a promising solution for decreasing inflammation, postinflammatory erythema (PIE), and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) associated with acne lesions, results from a prospective, single-center study showed. “Acne vulgaris is the most common inflammatory dermatosis worldwide, often resulting in sequelae such as scarring, PIE, and PIH,” presenting author Jamie Hu, MD, said […]

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A team of food scientists at Zhejiang University, in China has found a possible link between frequent fried food consumption and increased levels of anxiety and depression in consumers. In their study, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes analyzed patient data for 140,728 people. The research team noted that prior research efforts established links […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British drugmaker GSK on Wednesday warned that the overhaul of laws governing the EU’s pharmaceuticals industry risks forcing companies to invest and innovate elsewhere, which would hurt EU efforts to improve access to medicines. GSK Chief Executive Emma Walmsley told reporters on a quarterly earnings call that the European Union must “regulate for growth and competitiveness” because […]

For breast cancer patients undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy, avoiding postoperative oral antibiotics does not reduce the risk of infections, reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. “Our experience suggests that discontinuing routine oral antibiotic treatment after implant-based breast reconstruction does not lead to an increase in surgical site infections, and will eliminate a small […]