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Lentils lower cholesterol and sugar response, study finds

Twelve weeks of daily lentil consumption significantly improves fasting cholesterol, postprandial glucose, and inflammation in overweight adults, offering a dietary strategy to enhance metabolic health without gastrointestinal distress.

4 Feb 2024

Nerve stimulation plus physical rehabilitation may boost recovery of arm and hand function

Combining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024.

1 Feb 2024

Scientists coax a deadly bacterium to destroy itself from the inside out

Northwestern University researchers have successfully coaxed a deadly pathogen to destroy itself from the inside out.

31 Jan 2024

Johns Hopkins scientists unravel mystery of retinal cell communication

Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that, unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different pathways at the same time to transmit electrical "vision" signals to the brain.

25 Jan 2024

Stanford Medicine researchers demonstrate new way to temporarily heighten hypnotizablity

How deeply someone can be hypnotized - known as hypnotizability - appears to be a stable trait that changes little throughout adulthood, much like personality and IQ.

4 Jan 2024

Enlarged perivascular spaces in infancy associated with sleep problems and autism risk

Throughout the day and night, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulses through small fluid-filled channels surrounding blood vessels in the brain, called perivascular spaces, to flush out neuroinflammation and other neurological waste.

2 Jan 2024

Study reveals altered time perception in early Alzheimer's stages, offering potential early diagnostic marker

Study investigates time perception in Alzheimer's disease and its preclinical stage, subjective cognitive decline (SCD), revealing specific alterations in temporal processing that could be early markers of cognitive decline.

18 Dec 2023

Spinal cord treatment offers relief and sensation to lower limb amputees

Researchers from the USA used commercially available electrodes for closed-loop spinal cord stimulation in three individuals with transtibial amputation.

18 Dec 2023

Spinal cord stimulation restores sensation and eases phantom pain in amputees

Spinal cord stimulation can elicit sensation in the missing foot and alleviate phantom limb pain in people with lower limb amputations, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine rehabilitation scientists report today.

14 Dec 2023

Smartwatches help physicians to diagnose arrhythmias in children

Smartwatches can help physicians detect and diagnose irregular heart rhythms in children, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.

13 Dec 2023

Brainoware: A breakthrough AI approach using brain organoids for advanced computation

Study in Nature Electronics introduces "Brainoware," an innovative AI hardware approach using brain organoid neural networks for complex tasks like speech recognition and nonlinear dynamic predictions, demonstrating significant potential in AI development.

12 Dec 2023

Music could hold the key to developing effective mental health interventions

How human beings respond to music and the biological underpinnings of this response.

6 Dec 2023

Deep learning models can improve low-field MRI images for better clinical diagnoses

Image-to-image translation model LoHiResGAN.

5 Dec 2023

New prescription smartwatch accurately detects atrial fibrillation

As the use of wearable technology grows, smart watches are marketed across the globe to consumers as a way to monitor health.

1 Dec 2023

Deep brain, multipurpose fiber could revolutionize Alzheimer's research

Every 65 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's disease, a devastating form of dementia that affects 6.2 million Americans.

29 Nov 2023

Ultra-high resolution MRI scanner offers new opportunities for brain research

An intense international effort to improve the resolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for studying the human brain has culminated in an ultra-high resolution 7 Tesla scanner that records up to 10 times more detail than current 7T scanners and over 50 times more detail than current 3T scanners, the mainstay of most hospitals.

27 Nov 2023

Feasting for immunity: Study highlights foods that bolster your body's defenses

Study reviews how certain foods, including fruits, vegetables, spices, and animal products, bolster the immune system. It details the immune-boosting properties of various foods and underscores the importance of a nutritious diet in disease prevention and management.

26 Nov 2023

Pulses found to significantly improve the nutritional profile of American diet

A recently published study in Nutrients, an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal, demonstrates that exchanging pulses for small amounts of typical protein sources and refined grains significantly improves the nutritional profile of the American diet.

22 Nov 2023

Ketogenic diets and diabetes: A promising match or a questionable pair?

A recent research article in "Diabetes Therapy" examines the effectiveness of ketogenic diets in managing Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes. Despite potential benefits like weight loss and improved glycemic control, the study highlights unresolved issues and the need for more extensive research before incorporating ketogenic diets into clinical guidelines for diabetes management.

16 Nov 2023

Brain-inspired computing system achieves high accuracy in handwritten digit recognition

An experimental computing system physically modeled after the biological brain "learned" to identify handwritten numbers with an overall accuracy of 93.4%. The key innovation in the experiment was a new training algorithm that gave the system continuous information about its success at the task in real time while it learned.

13 Nov 2023