Washington: Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster – by temporarily breaching its protective shield. The novel experiment was a first attempt in just three patients. But in spots in the brain where the new technology took aim, it enhanced removal of Alzheimer’s trademark brain-clogging plaque, researchers reported … Read more
Dr Wyss-Coray said: “If we can reproduce this finding in 50,000 or 100,000 individuals it will mean that by monitoring the health of individual organs in apparently healthy people, we might be able to find organs that are undergoing accelerated ageing in people’s bodies, and we might be able to treat people before they get … Read more
Cognitive skills, such as memory, waned – possibly linked to stress, loneliness and alcohol, study shows. Source link
The overall proportion of 10 and 11-year-olds who are obese is still above pre-pandemic levels. Source link
Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has criticised the Union government for the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, and the searches by the Income Tax Department on Thursday in places linked to … Read more
The step count needed to reduce the risk of disease is lower than previously thought, research suggests. Source link
The study documented high levels of severe and extremely severe undernutrition in patients at diagnosis. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A large trial undertaken in India has underscored the role of nutritional supplementation in sharply cutting down tuberculosis (TB) disease rate in the household contacts of an index patient, and mortality reduction in people diagnosed … Read more
The habit among health staff could contribute to virus spread in hospitals, researchers say. Source link
New Delhi: An artificial-intelligence tool has shown promise at helping doctors fight aggressive brain tumours by identifying characteristics that help guide surgery. The tool — called the Cryosection Histopathology Assessment and Review Machine, or CHARM — studies images to quickly pick out the genetic profile of a kind of tumour called glioma, a process that … Read more
