Neurons have variable levels of chromatin compaction, shown as different shades of red. The less compact a neuron, the more likely it is to be recruited into the memory trace (green). Credit: Giulia Santoni (EPFL) … S..
Category : Health Trends – Australia
In this week’s Healthy Headlines, Jacinda Jacobs talks with Dr. Ziad Hage of Novant Health about the symptoms and warning signs of strokes. S..
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whether or not a person becomes seriously ill with COVID-19 depends, among other things, on genetic factors. With this in mind, researchers from the University Hospital… S..
THE Ministry of Health says there are now 450 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue fever in the country. Confirmed deaths remain at four, the ministry said in a… S..
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Misuse of illicit prescription drugs is falling dramatically among U.S. high school students, a new study says. The percentage of seniors who say they’ve misused prescription drugs in the past year has dropped… S..
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Memory loss and attention deficit are frequent complaints of people who have survived severe COVID-19, but these and other cognitive impairments have also been… S..
A decade after it last peaked in the thousands before dropping to 57 cases in 2023 and no deaths, the endemic dengue disease has returned to bite Trinidad and… S..
More than 75% of U.S. overdose deaths involve opioids. Yet, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including buprenorphine and methadone, are severely underused. Integrating MOUD into follow-up care for patients hospitalized with serious injection-related infections… S..
Researchers from the University of Otago, Christchurch, have spearheaded the discovery of a protein function which has the potential to guide the development of novel cancer treatment options and improve the diagnosis of various cancers. The exciting research finding, carried out… S..
The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease almost doubled among working-age people over a 12-year follow-up period, the study found. Open image viewer The incidence of other forms of early-onset dementia however remained stable. Image: Jarkko Riikonen / Yle The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease among… S..