21+ hour, 46+ min ago   (711+ words) When a young boy reported to the emergency department with a mysterious form of 'spontaneous bruising' marking his abdomen, doctors were basically stumped. Neither the boy nor his parents had any idea how the strange lesions had formed, and a…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (283+ words) Anxiety disorders are humanity's most common mental disorders, affecting some 359 million people globally....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (545+ words) For some people, rising from bed or completing daily tasks can feel like extricating oneself from quicksand or the grip of a coiling anaconda. Those with chronic fatigue syndrome, sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), suffer from symptoms like…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (707+ words) Artificial sweeteners might have zero calories, but that doesn't mean they have zero impact on the body. Even though some high-intensity artificial sweeteners contain little or no sugar, recent evidence suggests they can still influence natural sugar responses. For those…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (279+ words) With health problems related to poor diets and obesity continuing to become more widespread, researchers are hunting for the specific biological mechanisms behind preferences for fatty foods – and for potential ways to dial them down....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1014+ words) Ketamine is a weird chimera of a drug. It does so many different things. It acts as an anesthetic, painkiller, dissociative drug, hallucinogen, and unusually fast-acting antidepressant. This strange combination of properties has traditionally been attributed to its interaction with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (636+ words) For anybody with a loved one experiencing dementia or Alzheimer's, news of prospective drug treatments failing or producing mixed results is a cause for concern. But emerging evidence gives reasons for hope too, with research suggesting a common vitamin supplement…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (395+ words) Alzheimer's has long been recognized as a sporadic condition – influenced by factors such as age, genetics, and lifestyle – but scientists don't think that's the only way the disease emerges....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (684+ words) It's a welcome discovery in a world where drug-resistant fungi are becoming an increasingly serious global health concern. "Fungal infections kill an estimated two million people worldwide each year, yet treatment options remain limited," explains molecular biologist Ana Traven of…...