Coffee can affect much more than alertness. New research suggests that both regular and decaffeinated coffee can alter the gut… Read More »Scientists have just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain.
New research suggests that keeping blood sugar extremely stable may carry an unexpected downside for some people with diabetes. The… Read More »Diabetes study finds keeping blood sugar too stable may come at a price
A large randomized trial suggests that newer anticoagulants may significantly reduce serious cardiovascular events in people with atrial fibrillation who… Read More »Patients with atrial fibrillation had a 69% lower risk with common anticoagulants
A widely used supplement for joint pain has been linked to a potentially worrying outcome in people with early cognitive… Read More »Popular joint supplement glucosamine linked to faster progression of Alzheimer’s
A room that smells like citrus, pine, or flowers is often associated with cleanliness. However, those familiar smells may indicate… Read More »That fresh clean smell could be filling your home with nanoparticles
Breast cancer screening can sometimes identify cancers that would never have caused symptoms or threatened a woman’s health during her… Read More »Significant risk of breast cancer screening may have been overestimated for decades
For some of the most aggressive blood cancers, a stem cell transplant may be the only treatment with the potential… Read More »CRISPR could help doctors attack blood cancer without destroying healthy cells
New research led by scientists at the Seaver Center for Autism Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai suggests that Phelan-McDermid… Read More »This ‘rare’ genetic disorder linked to autism may be much more common than scientists thought
Researchers led by Prof. An Xu of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have… Read More »The scientists gave the worms magnetic bacteria. They lived 43% longer
Sometimes what we see doesn’t make sense right away. A shadow may briefly resemble a face, or one object may… Read More »When what you see doesn’t make sense, your brain does something extraordinary
