Category: Lifestyle

A study directed by Isabel Fariñas and published in the journal Cell Stem Cell reveals that the inflammation produced by a bacterial infection alerts brain stem cells and prepares their activation for the production of new neurons. The study represents a new advance in the field of regenerative medicine. Tissues are constantly renewed by stem […]

Face coverings, a key tool in our fight against COVID-19, have impeded our ability to hear, understand, engage and connect with others, according to a study by University of Manchester researchers. The online survey of 460 people—the first of its kind- also showed that people with hearing loss were significantly more affected by face coverings […]

Every year, liver cirrhosis is responsible for approximately 170,000 deaths in Europe and recent epidemiological data show Austria to be in second place in regard to prevalence of cirrhosis in Europe. Excessive alcohol consumption, poor dietary habits, and metabolic comorbidities are the most common causes of cirrhosis in the Western world. Liver cirrhosis is characterized […]

Nearly one million people in the UK have dementia. People living with the most common form, Alzheimer’s disease, can experience difficulties working out where they are, meaning they often get lost even in familiar environments. New research funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK at the University of Exeter Medical School sheds new light about why this […]

In the Helsinki metropolitan area, 10% of patients use 80% of health care resources. Most of them suffer from one or more chronic diseases—and often encounter problems in accessing, planning and communicating with treatment providers. “Modern Western health care is designed on the terms of short and intensive treatment periods, not on the terms of […]

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new imaging technique that allows simultaneous visualization of multiple tissue types in 3-D, providing one of the most comprehensive views of conditions like cancer to date. Details of their new method called ‘fast light microscopic analysis of antibody stained whole organs’, or FLASH, published in Nature […]

As people age, the ability of their eyes to focus close up declines. When a team led by Penn psychologist and neuroscientist Johannes Burge discovered that monovision, a common treatment to counter this deterioration, also causes dramatic visual misperceptions of moving objects, the researchers set out to find a better, safer answer to the problem. […]