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A gel of tiny keratin spheres has been found to promote hair follicle growth. Given that our bodies naturally produce keratin, the research highlights the potential application of using keratin microspheres as a safe and effective hair-growth treatment… Continue reading Hair-loss breakthrough found in keratin microspheres
A new study has found, for the first time, that consuming beverages that taste like beer or cocktails but contain no alcohol can significantly reduce alcohol intake. Replacing alcoholic beverages with non-alcoholic ones may be an effective strategy for… Continue reading Downing non-alcoholic beverages leads to a drop in excessive drinking
A new study has found that a bioactive compound found in coffee beans improved learning and memory decline in aged mice. The findings open the door to developing a supplementary medicinal compound to treat or prevent age-related cognitive decline.Conti… Continue reading Coffee compound improves age-related decline in memory and learning
Researchers have developed a self-administered smartphone app to screen for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by analyzing speech patterns. With subtle speech disturbances being an early indicator of these conditions, this may be an easy way to obtain a diagnosis quicker.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Speech, Machine Learning, University of Tsukuba
Continue reading Self-administered smartphone speech app may spot Alzheimer’s early on
Tennis players are susceptible to wrist cartilage injuries, which may not even present any symptoms at first. A van-based MRI system was designed with that fact in mind, as it can spot such injuries right at the tennis court, before they become serious… Continue reading Portable MRI could perform onsite checks for tennis wrist injuries
Research continues to uncover the surprising ways that physical activity can improve our well-being, and this includes how different forms of exercise can offer unique benefits to the brain. The latest study to dig into this relationship reveals how ju… Continue reading 10 minutes of moderate jogging found to boost mood and brain function
Among the many negative health outcomes that may be driven by changes to our gut microbiome is poor sleep, with recent research uncovering links between it and alterations to the community of bacteria living in our bellies. A new study out of Japan’s U… Continue reading Gut microbiome linked to poor sleep via metabolite production
Some animals, like mice and birds, are able to bring their body temperature and metabolism way down to conserve energy, going into a sleep-like state called torpor. Now researchers have identified the brain cells that trigger this state, showing they c… Continue reading Scientists induce “suspended animation” state in mice and rats