Archaeologists from the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) and Durham University have uncovered engravings at the Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf that shows the earliest known depictions of fishing. Gönnersdorf is…
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Brain Struggle with Conflicting Information in Schizophrenia
Summary: Researchers have developed a potential diagnostic tool for schizophrenia by observing how patients process conflicting information. By analyzing neural activity between the cortex and thalamus, they found distinct patterns…
Military veterans are disproportionately affected by suicide, but targeted prevention can help reverse the tide
America’s military veterans make up about 6% of the adult population but account for about 20% of all suicides. That means that each day, about 18 veterans will die by…
How key results could influence health policy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of some congressional races may foreshadow who will have outsize health policy influence in Congress next year. Congress will face decisions over whether to…
How higher brain care score can improve brain health regardless of genetic risk
Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels A study, published in the journal Neurology has explored whether healthy lifestyle choices, measured by a Brain Care Score (BCS), can lower the risk…
Archaeologists reveal the Lady of Kölleda
Between 2017 and 2021, the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology (TLDA) conducted excavations in Kölleda, located in the district of Sömmerda, Germany. Archaeologists discovered a large settlement…
Starfish found in ceremonial offerings at Tula
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have found starfish in a ritual deposit at the Toltec site of Tula. Tula was first settled around 400 BC…
Healing, spiritual purposes found to drive many veterans’ use of psychedelics
Outcomes of canonical correlation analysis. ***pJournal of Psychoactive Drugs (2024). DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2401977 Most U.S. military veterans who have used psychedelics reported in a recent study that they pursued the substances…
Stem cells can tailor their role in gene therapy based on the underlying disease, study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain RCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan researchers have discovered that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) adapt their lineage commitment during gene therapy based on the underlying…
Tightly tied waist cord of saree underskirt may lead to skin ulceration and pose cancer risk, warn doctors
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A tightly tied waist cord of the underskirt (petticoat) traditionally worn under a saree, particularly in rural parts of India, may lead to what has been…
