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Mitochondrial Dysfunction Genes Linked to Immune Shifts in Early Epilepsy
Epilepsy affects roughly 50 million people globally, yet why some brains tip into chronic seizure cycles after an initi…
Wellbeing
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Nuclear α-Ketoglutarate Pathway Links Mitochondrial Enzymes to Brain Gene Regulation
The idea that mitochondrial metabolism directly shapes which genes are active in the brain — and by extension, neurolog…
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High Temperature and Wildfire Smoke Compound Respiratory Stress in Preclinical Model
As wildfire seasons intensify globally and urban heat islands expand, understanding how these environmental stressors i…
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Air Pollution and Extreme Heat Linked to Worsening Heart Failure Outcomes
Heart failure affects over 64 million people globally, yet the environmental forces accelerating its progression remain…
Longevity
Disrupting a Protein-Stress Regulator Extends Lifespan via Epigenetic Rewiring
The assumption that evolution optimizes biology for a long, healthy life may be fundamentally wrong — at least for prot…
Studies
Global Mental Disorder Cases Rise 95% Over Three Decades, GBD 2023 Finds
Mental health has long been considered a secondary concern in global disease burden accounting, but this landmark analy…
Wellbeing
Pakistan Suicide Data Gap Exposed: Females and Youth Bear Highest Risk
Suicide surveillance blind spots in low- and middle-income countries don't just obscure statistics — they actively impe…
Studies
RARβ Agonist KCL-286 Cuts Neuronal DNA Breaks and Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer's Mice
One of the most frustrating gaps in Alzheimer's therapeutics is the lack of agents that address the disease's earliest…
Studies
RARβ Agonist KCL-286 Repairs Neuronal DNA Breaks in Alzheimer's Mouse Model
One of the most underappreciated features of early Alzheimer's pathology is the accumulation of DNA double-strand break…
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Finerenone's Dual Cardiorenal Protection: Mechanisms and Trial Evidence Reviewed
For the roughly one in three adults with chronic kidney disease who also carry elevated cardiovascular risk, the therap…
PREPRINTLongevity
AI-Guided Self-Titration Hits 88% Time-in-Range for Heart Failure Patients in 90-Day Trial
Applying the insulin self-management paradigm to heart failure, the SURPASS-HF trial enrolled 21 adults (mean age 69±11…
PREPRINTLongevity
Abnormal Sleep Duration Nearly Doubles Atrial Flutter Risk Post-Ablation
Among 720 participants in the PREDIMAR randomized controlled trial — a Mediterranean diet intervention study tracking a…
Studies
Global Mental Disorder Burden Mapped Across 204 Nations Over Three Decades
Mental health has long been underfunded relative to its share of global disease burden, and this landmark analysis offe…
Longevity
SIRT3 Loss in Aging Stem Cells Drives Chronic Inflammation Via Myeloid Reprogramming
One of the most persistent puzzles in aging biology is explaining why the immune system shifts from a protective force…
Wellbeing
One-Third of US Women Uncertain About Perimenopause Stage, Survey Finds
Perimenopause remains one of the most clinically under-served transitions in women's health, and a major reason may be…
Studies
GLP-1 Drugs May Both Help and Harm Patients With Eating Disorders
As GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions continue to surge globally, a critical blind spot is emerging: the millions of…
Supplements
Melatonin Shows Modest Pain Relief in Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions, Meta-Analysis Finds
For the millions of adults managing chronic joint, back, or soft-tissue pain, the appeal of a non-opioid, low-side-effe…
Wellbeing
MEG Reveals How Aging Rewires Brain Networks During Noisy Speech Comprehension
Understanding why older adults struggle in noisy environments has long been attributed primarily to peripheral hearing…
Studies
AI Stress Echocardiography Aligns with Cardiologists 60% of the Time
Cardiac imaging sits at a crossroads: AI tools are fast, scalable, and increasingly accurate, yet how they perform alon…
Wellbeing
Extended Sleep Beyond 8.5 Hours Linked to Higher Alzheimer's Tau Biomarker
The relationship between sleep and brain aging is rarely simple, and this large cohort study adds a critical nuance: it…
Studies
Rare Brain Enzyme Controls Nerve Signal Speed via Sugar Chain Modifications
For decades, neurological research has focused on proteins and lipids as the architects of myelin structure, but a grow…
Studies
Even Mild Blood Sugar Elevation Triggers Early β-Cell Metabolic Breakdown
The conventional wisdom that pancreatic beta-cell damage in type 2 diabetes is a late-stage consequence of severe hyper…
Nutrition
Review Links MCTs, DHA, and Carnosine to Selective Cognitive Benefits in Early Cognitive Impairment via Glucose Metabolism Support
Cerebral glucose hypometabolism — the brain's progressive inability to efficiently metabolize its primary fuel — preced…
Wellbeing
Sleep Fragmentation and Nocturnal Hypoxia Linked to Alzheimer's Biomarker Changes in OSA
For the roughly one billion adults worldwide living with obstructive sleep apnea, the consequences extend well beyond d…
Studies
Lateral Septum Study Separates Testosterone Signaling From Estrogen Conversion Effects
Understanding how sex hormones shape behavior has long been complicated by a fundamental biochemical ambiguity: testost…
Longevity
Mito-Nuclear Genome Mismatch Accelerates Mitochondrial Aging in Fly Populations
The compatibility between an organism's mitochondrial and nuclear genomes may be a surprisingly powerful determinant of…
Studies
Sodium Butyrate Curbs Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Pathways via HDAC Inhibition in Mice
Post-traumatic epilepsy affects roughly 10–20% of moderate-to-severe TBI survivors and remains one of neurology's most…
Studies
RNA Aptamer 1R6 Blocks Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation Across Multiple Model Systems
For the estimated one million Americans living with Parkinson's disease — and the broader population affected by Lewy b…
Studies
NEJM Clinical Review Reframes Fibromyalgia Mechanisms and Management Approaches
For the millions of adults living with widespread chronic pain that defies easy diagnosis, a comprehensive clinical rev…
Studies
Post-Pandemic Respiratory Virus Risk Map: Genetics, Behavior, and Comorbidities Charted
Understanding who is most vulnerable to respiratory viruses — and why — has never been more urgent. Post-pandemic shift…
Wellbeing
Winter Peaks in Sleep-Aid Prescriptions Linked to Shrinking Daylight Hours
Sleep disturbance is rarely framed as a seasonal phenomenon, yet population-scale prescription data may offer one of th…
Wellbeing
TNF-α Hijacks Brain Stem Cells Via Interferon Loop, Halting Neuron Growth
For anyone who has wondered why chronic inflammation correlates with cognitive decline and depression, this research of…
Wellbeing
Beyond Dopamine: Emerging Neurochemical Targets May Redefine Psychiatric Treatment
The persistent gap between psychiatric diagnosis and effective biological treatment is one of medicine's most stubborn…
Studies
Prucalopride's 5-HT4 Agonism Sharpens Memory and Processing Speed in Remitted Depression
Cognitive fog doesn't lift when depression does — for millions of people with recurrent depressive disorder, memory gap…
PREPRINTLongevity
Aficamten Eliminates Invasive Heart Surgery Need in 97% of HCM Patients
Among 104 obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) patients meeting 2024 ACC/AHA criteria for invasive septal red…
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Symptom-Framed Recruitment Linked to 63% Higher Delirium Study Enrollment in Hospitalized Elderly
A recruitment protocol shift—emphasizing personally relevant symptoms like sleep disturbance rather than leading with t…
Studies
Drosophila Study: Sleep Deprivation Triggers Gut-to-Brain ROS Cascade via Dopamine-Mitochondrial Pathway in Immune Cells
Oxidative stress has long been recognized as a downstream consequence of poor sleep, but pinpointing exactly where and…
Studies
High-Resolution fMRI Maps Amblyopia's Hidden Cortical Reorganization in Visual Cortex
How the brain compensates — or fails to — when one eye is suppressed during childhood development has enormous implicat…
Studies
Atomic-Level Aβ1-40 Fibril Map Opens New Alzheimer's Drug Target Window
Understanding exactly how amyloid proteins fold and stack into the plaques that characterize Alzheimer's disease has be…
Wellbeing
Astrocytes Coordinate Long-Distance Hippocampal Plasticity Across Distinct Brain Regions
How memory actually forms at the cellular level remains one of neuroscience's most consequential open questions — and t…
Studies
Human Neurons Outperform Animal Counterparts in Dendritic Computational Complexity
What separates human cognition from that of other mammals may not be solely a matter of brain size or neuron count — it…
Studies
Short-Lived Anti-PD-L1 Antibody Shows Safety Signal in Early Alzheimer's Trial
The boundary between oncology immunotherapy and neurodegenerative disease treatment may be narrowing in a clinically me…
Wellbeing
Persistent Adolescent Loneliness Doubles Psychotic Experience Risk by Age 16
Most discussions of adolescent mental health focus on depression and anxiety — but the link between chronic loneliness…
Nutrition
UK Iodine Paradox: Population Deficiency Meets Social-Media-Driven Excess
Iodine rarely makes headlines, yet it quietly governs thyroid hormone synthesis and fetal neurodevelopment — and the Un…
Wellbeing
Childhood Abuse Linked to Violence Differently Across Genders in Japanese Study
Understanding why violence repeats across generations is one of the most consequential questions in public health — and…
Studies
Deep Learning Synthesizes Tau-PET Brain Scans From Blood Tests and MRI
Access to definitive Alzheimer's imaging has long been constrained by cost and geography — a gap that disproportionatel…
Wellbeing
Cross-Frequency Brain Oscillations Coordinate Memory Consolidation Through Sleep-Wake Replay
Understanding precisely how the sleeping brain converts fleeting experiences into durable memories has enormous implica…
Studies
Blood P-tau217 Predicts Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease Patients
For the millions living with Parkinson's disease, cognitive decline is among the most feared complications — yet no rel…
Studies
Sickle Cell Cure Debate: Transplant vs. Gene Therapy Compared Head-to-Head
For the roughly 20% of Americans with sickle cell disease (SCD) whose condition qualifies as severe, the gap between su…
Studies
Microglia Depletion Worsens Brain Oscillation Deficits in Alzheimer Mouse Model
The assumption that calming neuroinflammation would protect Alzheimer's-affected brain circuits turns out to be far mor…
Studies
Selective D1/D5 Agonist Tavapadon Extends Parkinson's On-Time in Phase 3 Trial
Motor fluctuations — the unpredictable cycling between good mobility and frozen immobility — represent one of the most…
Longevity
Green Space Linked to 13% Lower CVD Odds, But NO2 May Attenuate the Benefit
Where someone lives may matter as much as how they live. The simultaneous pull of urban greenery and urban air pollutio…
Wellbeing
EEG Reveals Two-Stage Neural Breakdown in Autistic Children's Audiovisual Speech
How the brain stitches together what eyes see and ears hear during speech is a capability most people take for granted…
Longevity
Lipid-Rich Microglia Correlate with Hippocampal Memory Decline in Middle-Aged Rats
In middle-aged rats, hippocampal microglia adopted a lipid-rich, pro-inflammatory phenotype that correlated directly wi…
Longevity
Irisin Links Muscle Contraction to Alzheimer's Protection via Brain Signaling
With Alzheimer's disease cases in the U.S. projected to more than double to 14 million by 2060, the search for modifiab…
Studies
Phase 3 Semaglutide Trials Fail to Slow Alzheimer's Progression in Large RCT
The promise of GLP-1 receptor agonists for brain protection has been one of the most closely watched hypotheses in deme…
Studies
Brain Tumor Growth Hijacks Cell Competition to Overcome Tissue Resistance
Understanding how nascent tumors escape the physical constraints of healthy tissue is one of cancer biology's most cons…
Wellbeing
Procrastination and Impulsivity Share Measurable Neurogenetic Architecture in Brain
For anyone who has ever wondered why they delay important tasks despite knowing better, a convergence of genetics and n…
Wellbeing
Long-Lived Synaptic Proteins Show Sex-Dependent Turnover Rates in Brain
How the brain maintains stable memories and functional synapses over decades is one of neuroscience's most compelling p…
Longevity
Brain Blood Flow Regulation Traced to Endothelial Arf6-PIP2-Kir2.1 Molecular Cascade
Maintaining sharp cognitive function across decades depends critically on the brain's ability to rapidly route blood to…
Studies
GCN2 Kinase Deficiency Drives IL-6-Mediated Pulmonary Hypertension in Mice
Pulmonary hypertension remains one of the most underdiagnosed and poorly understood cardiovascular conditions, with cur…
Studies
Stress Granules Actively Gate Cancer Cell Communication During Oxidative Stress
How cancer cells manage their molecular communications under duress has long been a blind spot in tumor biology — and c…
Studies
Atomic-Level Maps of Antibodies Blocking Two Dangerous Brain-Targeting Viruses
For the millions of people living with HIV, undergoing organ transplantation, or receiving immunosuppressive therapies…
Studies
Mechanical Force Patterns Spatially Direct New Blood Vessel Growth in Tissue
Vascular biology has long assumed that chemical gradients—growth factors like VEGF diffusing through tissue—are the mas…
Studies
Flynn Effect Reversal Hits Lower Socioeconomic Groups Hardest, 600K Study Finds
Cognitive test scores across entire populations have been declining in several wealthy nations after decades of gains —…
Studies
Enteric Disease Mortality Down ~66% Since 1990, With Ongoing Burden in High-Risk Regions
Diarrhoeal and enteric infections remain a leading killer of young children globally, yet the pace of improvement has m…
Wellbeing
Heated Yoga Shows Linear Dose-Response Effect on Moderate-to-Severe Depression
For the millions of adults managing depression who seek alternatives or complements to pharmaceutical treatment, the qu…
Longevity
Senescent Cells Drive Four Major Neurodegenerative Diseases via SASP Mechanisms
The accumulating burden of senescent cells in the aging brain may represent one of the most actionable upstream targets…
Studies
Blood Protein Patterns Signal Alzheimer's Risk Years Before Symptoms Emerge
The possibility of identifying Alzheimer's disease risk from a simple blood draw — years before any cognitive symptom a…
Studies
Blood Biomarker Panels Sharply Boost Dementia Detection Beyond Cognitive Testing Alone
Dementia diagnosis has long depended on a slow, resource-intensive funnel — cognitive screening in primary care, follow…
PREPRINTLongevity
ML Model Hits 88% Accuracy Predicting Dementia Progression From MRI + Cognitive Slopes
A longitudinal machine-learning framework trained on 150 subjects and 373 repeated observations from the OASIS-2 datase…
PREPRINTLongevity
CFD Biomarkers Predict Post-Thrombectomy Pulmonary Pressure Outcomes in 6 PE Patients
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of patient-specific pulmonary vasculature revealed that intermediate-ris…
Longevity
Spermine Chelates Fe²⁺ to Block Ferroptosis, Completing Polyamine Longevity Model
A new mechanistic framework resolves a long-standing paradox in polyamine biology: spermidine drives autophagy by inhib…
Studies
RCT Spillover Effects Alter Patient Outcomes Beyond Randomized Treatments
Every clinical trial result carries an implicit assumption: that measured outcomes reflect only the intervention being…
Studies
Liquid Biopsy Multicancer Tests Face Scrutiny Over Evidence Gaps
Early cancer detection sounds like an unambiguous win, but the gap between a compelling premise and proven clinical ben…
Studies
Female Clinical Resilience Despite Pathologic Risk in Alzheimer Disease
The long-standing assumption that women face worse Alzheimer's disease outcomes simply because they live longer may be…
Nutrition
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Clinical Diagnosis and Management Insights
Malabsorption disorders often evade early detection, and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is among the most comm…
Studies
JAMA Review Reframes Nonspecific Low Back Pain as Multifactorial Condition
Low back pain remains the leading cause of disability worldwide, yet clinical practice has long struggled with a fundam…
Longevity
Five Decades of Alzheimer Prevention Research: Where the Science Now Stands
For the tens of millions of adults who carry genetic or lifestyle risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, the question of…
Fitness
AHA Statement: Exercise Preserves Muscle Mass Where GLP-1 Drugs Fall Short
The rapid adoption of GLP-1 receptor agonists has reshaped obesity treatment, but a critical question has emerged: if w…