A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain…
Category: Humans
Women with breast cancer shed pounds thanks to telephone-based weight loss program, clinical trial finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Women with obesity when they are diagnosed with early breast cancer have a higher risk of recurrence or a second cancer compared to women whose weight…
Study finds that eight factors put Black adults at greater risk of early death
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of premature death than White adults. A new study from Tulane University published…
Child’s Play: Kids as Young as Six Consider Choices in Moral Judgments
Summary: Children as young as six factor in past choices when making moral judgments. Involving children aged four to nine, the study revealed that younger children’s judgments were mainly influenced…
Colossal carved heads found at Roman bathhouse near Hadrian’s Wall |
Archaeologists conducting excavations at a Roman bathhouse in Carlisle, England, have uncovered two colossal carved heads near Hadrian’s Wall. The Uncovering Roman Carlisle project has been conducting a community supported…
Understanding Delusions of Control: How Schizophrenia Alters Perception of Action
Summary: A new study sheds light on the phenomenon of ‘delusions of control’, often experienced by schizophrenia patients. This condition, marked by the belief that one’s actions are controlled by…
Afternoon exercise linked with greater improvements in blood sugar levels for patients with type 2 diabetes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 90 to 95% of that population are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle interventions, such as a healthy diet…
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation.…
Study shows dementia risk increases the earlier a person develops diabetes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published in Diabetologia shows an association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and developing dementia in later life—with the risk of dementia increasing the earlier…
