The best exercises for ageing joints are not the most intense — they’re the ones you can keep doing Ageing changes the whole body, and joints often feel it early. Stiff knees when getting up, hips that take longer to loosen, shoulders that no longer...
Continue readingBrain imaging may help explain how deep brain stimulation works in Parkinson’s disease — but the exact mechanism is not confirmed by the evidence provided Deep brain stimulation is no longer a novelty in Parkinson’s disease care. In carefully selecte...
Continue readingAI may improve patient education in eye care — but for now, the biggest change is in the promise, not the proof In ophthalmology, a good appointment depends on more than diagnosis and treatment. It also depends on being able to explain to patients wh...
Continue readingToxic RNA may be the central driver of worsening heart disease in myotonic dystrophy type 1 — and that sharpens the case for RNA-targeted therapies Myotonic dystrophy type 1, or DM1, is often thought of mainly as a muscle disease. But one of its most...
Continue readingCitizen science may strengthen health and well-being — but its benefits seem to come more from participation and agency than from a direct ‘treatment’ effect “My head feels clearer.” Phrases like that have immediate appeal because they translate some...
Continue readingAI health chatbots may inform you — but they still won’t make you better at diagnosing yourself The rise of AI chatbots has created a new digital health fantasy: that anyone can describe a fever, pain, shortness of breath, dizziness or a vague collec...
Continue readingHow the body holds ‘sleeping’ tuberculosis in check: scientists are clarifying the role of granulomas and immune defence The phrase “sleeping tuberculosis” is useful shorthand, but it hides a much more complicated biological reality. When researchers...
Continue readingHow calcium channel mutations may derail early brain development in childhood epilepsy — and what this finding really explains When people think about childhood epilepsy, the first image is usually seizures. But in the most severe early-life syndrome...
Continue readingA new cervix-on-a-chip could make STI research more realistic — and help show how infections meet the body For years, one of the biggest limitations in sexually transmitted infection research has been the difficulty of recreating, in the lab, the env...
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