Brain donation may help autism research move forward — but the evidence provided cannot confirm how well the public understands that When most people think about autism research, they tend to picture genetics, brain scans, developmental assessments,...
Continue readingLow birthweight may signal higher stroke risk in young adults — but the evidence provided is still too thin to confirm it For decades, stroke was understood mainly as a condition shaped during adult life. High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, high...
Continue readingCould the immune system be trained to fight Candida better? Research points to a new antifungal strategy When doctors treat candidiasis, the basic playbook has long been familiar: identify the fungal infection, choose an antifungal drug, and try to c...
Continue readingAn Alzheimer’s risk gene may affect the brain before memory fails — but this story is still closer to hypothesis than proof For many years, Alzheimer’s disease was understood mainly as something that became real when memory loss became obvious. Today...
Continue readingAir pollution may speed up brain ageing — and social inequality may make that risk heavier For a long time, brain ageing was discussed mainly through familiar risk factors: genetics, education, exercise, diet, sleep, blood pressure and the passage of...
Continue readingThe same protein may look like both friend and foe in colon cancer — and Stard7 shows why tumour biology is rarely simple There is an intuitive expectation in science reporting that a protein should be one thing or the other: either it helps cancer g...
Continue readingNot being able to afford dental care may signal broader health risk — but a direct link to heart disease and dementia is not yet proven For a long time, oral health was treated as if it sat outside the rest of medicine. Tooth pain, gum disease, tooth...
Continue readingMigration can reshape cardiovascular risk — not through genetics, but through environment, routine and access to care For years, cardiovascular risk was often framed in highly individual terms: cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, body weight, s...
Continue readingBrain-based clues could reshape mental health care — but for now they are still closer to the lab than the clinic For much of its history, psychiatry has been defined by an uncomfortable reality: it has had to diagnose some of the most serious illnes...
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