How the way you walk could offer clues about look-alike brain disorders Neurologists have been studying gait for a very long time. Long before biomarkers, wearable sensors and advanced imaging became central to conversations about brain disease, the...
Continue readingWhy the food environment may work against people already at high risk of diabetes When diabetes prevention is discussed, the focus often lands on individual choices: eat less sugar, lose weight, exercise more, resist cravings. All of that matters, bu...
Continue readingWhy small changes to sleep, diet and exercise may matter more than one dramatic reset When people think about preventing heart attack and stroke, they often imagine a sweeping decision: start a flawless diet on Monday, commit to an intense workout pl...
Continue readingHow Prostate Cancer May Build Its Own Cholesterol Supply to Keep Growing Prostate cancer is usually explained to the public through hormones, PSA, surgery, radiotherapy, and androgen-deprivation therapy. All of that remains central. But behind that f...
Continue readingThe Brain’s Internal Compass May Be One Reason Some Memories Last When most people think about memory, they picture storage. The brain takes in information, files it away somewhere, and then retrieves it later when needed. But modern neuroscience has...
Continue readingMore Sleep and More Movement May Help Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Teens For years, the conversation around Type 2 diabetes risk in teenagers has focused mainly on food and body weight. Those factors still matter enormously. But research is increasi...
Continue readingBacterial Meningitis Can Change a Life Forever — Even When the Patient Survives Bacterial meningitis has long been understood for what it is: a medical emergency that can kill quickly if diagnosis and treatment do not happen fast. Fever, severe heada...
Continue readingWhat Rare Cases of HIV Control Without Ongoing Treatment May Teach Us About Future Remission There is one idea that continues to drive some of the most ambitious research in HIV medicine: could it be possible to control the virus without lifelong ant...
Continue readingExtreme Heat: Finding the Most Vulnerable Older Adults Could Change How Health Systems Respond For years, heatwaves were often treated mainly as a weather issue. Temperatures climbed, warnings went out, and people were told to drink water, avoid the...
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