Low dose colchicine associated with lower incidence of total knee and hip replacements

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An exploratory analysis of the LoDoCo2 (Low-Dose Colchicine 2) randomized, controlled, double-blind trial found that daily therapy with a low dose of colchicine was associated with…

Happiness Now or Later? The Impact of Timing on Well-being

Summary: A new study explores how people’s preferences for immediate or delayed happiness can shape their behavior and overall well-being. It discusses two differing views on happiness: one where happiness…

Operation to prevent looting has led to discovery of burial caves |

A joint operation to prevent the looting of antiquities by the Kafr Kanna Police and the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit has led to the discovery of a burial…

Don’t worry, be happy? It’s not that simple, according to research

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Is happiness something to work hard towards and accumulate over time or is it something transient and fleeting that should be savored in the moment? Past…

Earliest dated saddle in China for horse-riding identified from burial |

Archaeologists excavating a tomb at the Yanghai cemetery in the Turfan Basin, located in the eastern end of the Tian Shan mountains in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China,…

Top 5 Neuroscience News Stories of the Week

Summary: This week, research teams from around the globe shared their remarkable findings from the field of neuroscience. Discoveries ranged from unraveling how Botox breaches neurons, to a study finding…

Medical row in France over unauthorised COVID trial

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorized’ clinical trial ever seen” into the use of hydroxychloroquine…

Archaeologists discover Ancient Egyptian tombs and mummification workshops |

In a press conference by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Issa, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, has announced the discovery of mummification workshops and decorated tombs at Saqqara…

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface…

Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals—new research

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in…