Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research, led by the University of Exeter,…
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A new way to trigger responses in the body by simulating psychological pressure
(A) Experimental setup for the fingertip force task, where participants pressed on a force sensor to match a target force. (B) Example trial showing force output, where success required staying…
How the gut builds long-lasting immunity after viral infections
Credit: Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.022 A new study led by University of Toronto researchers has shown that immune cells in the gut follow an atypical pathway to produce antibodies that…
How early morning practices affect college athletes’ sleep, data suggest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on…
Physician responses to patient expectations can affect their income
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower incomes for many women, racialized, and immigrant physicians, found a new study…
Poor sleep may nudge the brain toward dementia, researchers find
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running U.S. study of older adults has…
Will drug testing drivers really make NZ roads safer?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The government’s new mandate to carry out random oral-fluid roadside drug testing marks a milestone in New Zealand’s road safety policy. Under recently passed laws, police…
Study examines impact of adequate prenatal care for congenital heart disease
For cases of mild congenital heart defects (CHDs), more prenatal visits are associated with lower probability of delivery at a cardiac center, according to a study published online Nov. 9…
FDA lifts major warnings on hormone replacement therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is eliminating the prominent “black box” warnings on many hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications, signaling a major shift in how the treatment is…
Exercise-induced vesicles boost neuron growth when transplanted into sedentary mice
ExerVs increased adult hippocampal neurogenesis . Credit: Brain Research (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2025.150003 Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report that extracellular vesicles released into the bloodstream during aerobic exercise…
