Some CDC programs live on without staff
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has an Alzheimer’s disease program. Congress…
First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists
“Stunned silence.” That’s how Bryan Roth of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine described the…
Doctors couldn’t diagnose her for years but ChatGPT got it right in minutes
After years of frustrating misdiagnoses, a Welsh woman desperately turned to ChatGPT for answers — and the AI…
My ‘panic attacks’ turned out to be much more serious — I needed brain surgery
Something odd was happening to Arielle Hoffman. It was December 2016, and the aspiring actress was mid-shift at…
Study explains how ketogenic diets prevent seizures – WashU Medicine
Visit the News Hub New findings in mice shed light on brain’s response to the keto diet, long…
Why you shouldn’t skip your medication over the holidays
Many people are officially out of office, and while December is filled with lots of festivities and travelling,…
These States Have the Highest Rates of Epilepsy, and Scientists Think They Know Why
Epilepsy isn’t something we usually associate with specific geographic regions, but new research suggests that’s an oversight—at least…
A Single Sound Could Send Me To My Knees, Hyperventilating And Sobbing. Then I Realized What I Needed To Do.
The first time it happened, I was on a run near my home. Recently, my then 5-year-old had…
Can a Disconnected Brain Be Conscious?
Summary: A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain…
Stanford Scientists Successfully Reverse Autism Symptoms in Mice
Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered that hyperactivity in a brain region known as the reticular thalamic nucleus may…