Credit: Avonne Stalling from Pexels New research shows the idea of the “postcode lottery” was first used in 1997 to express concern about how access to National Health Service (NHS)…
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Brain molecule reverses movement deficits of Parkinson’s, offering new therapeutic target
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain—ophthalmic acid—unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar…
A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a Bench to Bedside review published in the journal Brain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from the University of Houston and…
Water fluoridation found to be less effective now than in past
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller now than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, an updated Cochrane review has…
More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
Mpox Virus Particle Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an mpox virus particle (yellow and red) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at…
Promising Alzheimer’s drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies
The brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to…
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the…
Study reveals molecular mechanism of genetic variant that causes mirror movement disorder
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of Canadian and American scientists has made a promising breakthrough in understanding the origins of a mysterious neurological disorder known as mirror movements. The…
Mpox vaccination drive delayed in DR Congo
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The mpox vaccination campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo has been pushed back, health authorities told AFP on Tuesday, with the exact start date unclear. Jabs…
Study suggests harmful diagnostic errors may occur in 1 in every 14 general medical hospital patients
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7%) hospital patients—at least those receiving general medical care—suggest the findings of…
