Category: 6. Health

“Well, that’s a classic example, and the causal attribution is probably wrong,” says Peter Goadsby, professor of neurology at King’s College London, in the UK. “What if, instead, during the premonitory phase of an attack, you’re sensitive to…

Smartphone addiction, also called problematic smartphone use, is a widely studied and discussed topic. A search for “smartphone addiction” on Google Scholar shows over 40,000 results, and researchers have created many tools to measure it….

Osteoporosis literally means ‘porous bone’, a condition where bones become thin, weak, fragile, and susceptible to fractures on trivial injuries.  

Fractures are painful, take time to heal, reduce mobility and cause a decline…

For Deirdre Barker, the penny dropped as regards what her husband Ed was experiencing while reading an article in late 2020 about the death and postmortem diagnosis of the US actor and comedian Robin Williams.

She made some notes and at the next…

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.

The animal study,…

Older women who have a history of both depression and anxiety had a 78% higher risk of developing long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, report University of California San Diego researchers in the Jan. 27, 2026 online edition of…

When it comes to neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and certain forms of dementia, researchers have known that protein quality control and damage to the nuclear pore are key players. However, how…

Research by an interdisciplinary team from McGill University and Université Laval provides new insights into the links between social factors and cognitive health among aging adults.

While previous research had found positive…

An enzyme known to regulate inflammation throughout the body has now been found to also act as a master switch for genes associated with neurodegeneration, with broad implications for Alzheimer’s disease and brain aging.

Researchers from the…