Category Archives: Science of Us

A study published recently in the journal Neurology: Clinical Practice found a strong correlation between depressive symptoms and stroke risk. Led by a team of researchers from the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the study’s … Continue reading →

Researchers may have developed a new test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. Recent studies in the U.S., Colombia and Sweden found that the disease could be identified with 96% accuracy by running a blood test to screen for a protein called … Continue reading →

Drug development is a very expensive operation. For a pharmaceutical company, bringing a new drug to market can cost around $1 billion — a worthwhile investment if that medication is then sold to millions of consumers. But what if the … Continue reading →

Many people become unresponsive in the hours before death, but does that mean they can’t hear? Researchers at the University of British Columbia set out to answer this question by studying the brain activity of nine hospice patients as compared … Continue reading →

Scientists at University College London have made a new gene discovery in fruit flies that has big implications for hearing loss among the elderly. The finding could help develop treatments for age-related hearing loss in humans. According to a 2016 … Continue reading →

A team of researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have created the first 3D map of the heart’s nervous system. This breakthrough has major implications for both neurology and cardiology, and could lead to the improved treatment of heart disease, heart … Continue reading →