Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation Katie Edwards is Commissioning Editor for Health and Medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Arshad Majid ...

Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced a bit of fame in recent years, acting as a sort of buzzword to describe a ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report the successful creation of artificial synaptic vesicles that can be remotely controlled by near-infrared (NIR) ...

NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can approve new personalized treatments for rare and deadly genetic diseases based on data from a handful of patients, two of the ...

It’s important to not only identify this painful condition correctly, but find exercises you can comfortably do. By Amanda Loudin Ryan Smith was 23 when he felt a pop in his back while performing a ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Compass Pathways, which ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On TikTok, vagus nerve stimulation sounds like a miracle cure ...

BYU-Pathway Worldwide students in Lagos, Nigeria gather in March 2024. Enrollment in Nigeria surged from 6,603 students in 2023 to 11,724 in 2024. With higher education experiencing unprecedented ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness in one of the deadliest childhood cancers. The tumors, which spread quickly and are notoriously hard to treat, rely on a sugar-processing pathway to survive ...

New research links two widely used diabetes drugs, semaglutide or tirzepatide, to a rare but potentially vision-threatening eye condition, raising questions about drug-specific risks and the need for ...

About The Study: In this study of patients with type 2 diabetes who had no prior eye disorders, patients prescribed semaglutide or tirzepatide had an increased risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic ...

MSK surgeon Dr. Timothy Donahue says the new imaging technology could potentially help prevent nerve damage in a range of operations. Men having prostate cancer surgery often fear side effects that ...