Marijuana-like endocannabinoids produced by your own body—how do they travel through the brain? It turns out that these fatty messenger molecules are transported in fatty vesicles. This surprising discovery contrasts with how traditional messenger molecules move. Dopamine and serotonin, for instance, travel as free-floating molecules between nerve cells.
Australians have one of the highest rates of breast cancer diagnoses in the world, according to new data that looked at global breast cancer incidence and death rates in 185 countries. The incidence rate for breast cancer was highest in Australia and New Zealand (NZ), although rates of death from breast cancer were at the lower end of the scale. The study found Australia and NZ were reducing their breast cancer mortality by 2.1% per year—well on the way to meeting the World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative goal of 2.5% a year.
An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.
Forget sneakers or cleats and put on those boogie shoes, as new research from Northeastern University finds that dancing can have the same health benefits as running and other forms of exercise.
Diabetes and obesity have become pressing health issues worldwide. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, a class of medications widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D), have shown significant effectiveness in both lowering blood sugar levels and aiding weight loss due to their unique pharmacological mechanisms.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s psychology researcher Prof. Florina Uzefovsky has developed a new concept she terms empathic disequilibrium, which she finds better explains social characteristics in a range of clinical conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and more.
Added sugar, derived from cheap crops like corn, is bad for babies. According to the American Heart Association, added sugars are full of energy but lack nutritional value, boosting odds of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health problems.
Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in experiments with mice.
In metastatic cancer surveillance, monitoring the actual concentrations of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may be critical. Researchers showed that absolute ctDNA concentration thresholds can be defined to rule out or predict impending cancer progression.
Following an injury, such as a traumatic crush injury, the peripheral nervous system is itself often able to effectively regenerate. This regeneration capacity is mainly attributable to the Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system. These cells are quick-change artists that can transform themselves into repair cells when needed.