Scientists develop blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s: Potential gamechanger for catching disease early and starting treatment faster Scientists across the globe devised the blood test to gauge neurodegeneration  The blood test is a cheaper, less invasive screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease Results of the blood test corresponded with those of other well established tests Scientists have devised a way […]

Beep beep, baby coming through! Meghan Trainor’s son Riley got a new car for Christmas, and there has never been a cuter driver. In a Christmas photo series posted on Instagram yesterday, the “Made You Look” singer shared several family snaps from their holiday at home. There were some sweet snaps of Trainor, her husband Daryl Sabara, and their 1-year-old […]

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Tel Aviv University equipped close to 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters over two years. Of those monitored, 2,038 received the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing the researchers to objectively compare measures before and after the participants took the vaccine, and confirm the safety of the vaccine. In addition, […]

Cats may not recognize when a stranger talks to them, but they are familiar enough with their owners‘ voices that they recognize they are being spoken to, according to researchers as from Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, France. What to Know Humans use different tones of voice that change accordingly when they are talking to adults or children as well as […]

Written by Ellen Scott Before we can welcome in the new year, we need to make time to reflect on the past 12 months.  In this post-Christmas lull, there’s a real tendency to write off the final days of the year, spending them in a haze of eating leftovers and catching up on TV while pledging to do things differently the […]

With the big day just over a week away, now’s the time to plan a mental breakout space for yourself, writes Anna Bartter.      I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to have a house full of people this Christmas. I love to host, and with little ones racing around excitedly and everyone needing a drink refill every […]

A team led by UCL and UCLH researchers have mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience—otherwise known as fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is arguably the defining feature of human cognition. It predicts educational and professional success, social mobility, health, and longevity. It also correlates with many cognitive abilities such as memory. […]

Living in an area with easy access to parks and rivers appears to slow the progression of devastating neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. That’s the conclusion of a new study based on more than a decade and a half tracking disease risk among nearly 62 million Americans 65 years old and up. “Prior research showed that natural environments—such […]

Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key marker of cardiovascular activity and an important vital sign. But your pulse is not as steady as a precision clock—nor would you want it to be. As a cardiovascular physiologist, I measure heart rate in nearly every experiment my students and I perform. Sometimes we use an […]

PARIS — All the way back in 1907, The Lancet published an article on a gonorrhea vaccine trial. Today, after continuous research throughout the intervening 110-plus years, scientists may finally have achieved success. Sébastien Fouéré, MD, discussed the details at a press conference that focused on the highlights of the Dermatology Days of Paris (JDP 2022) conference. Fouéré is the […]