Category: 6. Health

An international research team led by scientists from Bern and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a previously unknown function of the intestinal nervous system. The study reveals that the intestinal nervous…

Sleep Traits and Epilepsy Risk

INSOMNIA appears to causally increase generalized epilepsy risk, underscoring sleep traits as modifiable targets in epilepsy care. In this Mendelian randomization study, investigators examined shared genetic…

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose).

But that assumption is being challenged with new scientific research,…

As Israel contends with one of its most severe outbreaks of measles in decades, a Bar-Ilan University researcher says that the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic has diminished public trust in childhood vaccines, leading to the current…

Women with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance across pregnancy may be at an increased risk of having children with autism, according to a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Maternal thyroid…

Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, spent most of the period between 2020 and 2022 roiled by civil war. Tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands are estimated to have been killed in conflict; many more have died from war’s…

Nagoya University researchers and their collaborators have found that minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces blood loss and improves jaundice recovery compared to traditional open surgery for treating biliary…

Research on mice by scientists at The University of Manchester has shed new light on why the gut’s immune system changes after a stroke and how it might contribute to gastrointestinal…