Medical Research

After dementia killed her mother a medical researcher looks for a cure

Debi Johnson

Looking to save herself from a rare brain disease, she helped discover a treatment that may help millions of others. ...

FDA warns maker of Sara Lee, Entenmann’s not to claim foods contain allergens when they don’t

Barbara Terrio

Federal food safety regulators said Tuesday that they have warned a top U.S. bakery to stop using labels that say ...

Lower your risk of falling as you get older with these simple steps

Debi Johnson

One in four older adults in the U.S. will fall each year, putting them at risk of injury, broken bones ...

More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren’t more people getting help?

Debi Johnson

It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an ...

Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it

Debi Johnson

PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the ...

Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19

Debi Johnson

We evaluated a group of 97 unvaccinated individuals (without history or current presence of symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychiatric ...

Potent new pill provides COVID relief for the masses

Debi Johnson

Boxes of the COVID-19 drug simnotrelvir are displayed at a manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China.Credit: VCG via Getty There’s new ...

Ancient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today

Debi Johnson

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: ...

Ibogaine helps combat veterans with traumatic brain injury, PTSD

Debi Johnson

Can microdosing on magic mushrooms improve mental health? Psychedelics have become more prevalent in recent years, with claims that they ...

Scientists discover how a key protein can help stop lung cancer spreading

Debi Johnson

A new molecular pathway could help to stop the spread of lung cancer and help the development of new anti-cancer ...

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