Summary: Researchers delivered the world’s first in vivo (in a living organism) evidence of widespread muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptor deficits in schizophrenia. Utilizing a pioneering, highly selective PET radiotracer, the…
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How to avoid tick bites in your yard or while hiking in the woods, and what to do if one starts feasting on you
Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health. Each year, deer ticks alone cause an estimated 476,000…
2,400-year-old sword found beside child in Gaulish burial
An iron sword discovered beside the remains of a child at an Iron Age settlement in central France is providing archaeologists with rare insight into the social and ritual practices…
Loneliness Directly Causes Poor Mental Health
Summary: By combining standard observational tracking with rigorous sibling comparisons and genetics-based Mendelian randomization, an international team of researchers proved that loneliness carries a direct, independent causal grip on decaying…
FDA drug approval affects healthcare around the world, but political shortcuts could hurt the agency’s international reputation
At the beginning of July 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for young children with sickle cell disease. While this is good news for…
Research reveals Sanxingdui bronze kneeling figure was assembled from separate artefacts
New research has revealed that one of the most distinctive bronze artefacts unearthed at China’s Sanxingdui archaeological site was assembled from components made in different regions and at different times,…
Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD
Summary: A new study combines rodent circuitry mapping with ultra-high-field 7T human fMRI to investigate periaqueductal gray (PAG) regulation. By identifying the upstream brain regions that govern this core midbrain…
Brain Scans Reveal a Network Origin Point for Schizophrenia
Summary: A new study utilized specialized Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to measure synaptic connections in the living human brain. Evaluating one of the largest clinical cohorts of its kind…
When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart
When five police officers were shot in Houston in January 2019 while serving a drug-related arrest warrant, all of them were transported to the hospital after emergency medical services arrived.…
Most Americans prefer to die at home, but the US healthcare system often prevents it
Ask people what they want at the end of their lives, and overwhelmingly the answers will revolve around comfort, dignity and time at home with loved ones. Yet the U.S.…
