Study reveals a strong connection between certain bacteria residing in the gut and metabolites, small molecules found in the blood.
Multiple sclerosis patients who take Rituximab have a better response to the COVID-19 vaccine if they have a higher B cell count.
Sleep deprivation results in a reduced ability to correctly read the emotional facial expressions of others, a new study reports.
Exposure to a complex mixture of endocrine-disrupting chemicals during pregnancy impacts brain development and language acquisition in children.
The placebo effect combined with dopamine levels can determine whether symptoms of depression and social anxiety will improve in patients prescribed SSRI antidepressants. Researchers found the positive effect of the medications was four times higher in patients with high expectations the treatment would work compared to those with lower expectations.
Newly designed antibodies that bind to small clumps of amyloid-beta may keep the progression of Alzheimer's disease in check.
During the waxing period of the lunar cycle, men exhibited lower sleep efficiency and more time awake after sleep onset than during the waning period. By contrast, sleep patterns in women did not appear to change over the lunar cycle.
Despite the Y chromosome containing very few genes, it can dramatically alter male body size and may facilitate the evolution of sex differences.
Researchers found lymph-node-like structures close to glioma brain tumors in cancer patients. The study reveals immune cells within these structures can be activated to attack the brain tumor.
Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma induced by methacholine is partly due to mast cells, a new study reports.
Propranolol, a beta-blocker commonly used to treat haemangioma in children and cardiovascular disease, can also be used to treat cerebral cavernous malformations, a condition characterized by misshapen neural blood vessels.
Older men who experience higher blood pressure at night could be at a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease.
