Category: Health News
Adults Still Have Considerable Brain Plasticity and Flexible Learning Due to Silent Synapses
Insufficient AMPA-type glutamate receptors prevent freshly formed excitatory synapses in the mammalian cortex from mediating neurotransmission. As a result, these synapses are functionally quiescent or silent and must develop …
French Scientists Uncover a New Virus, HCirV-1, Behind Mysterious Case of Hepatitis of unknown origin
Together with researchers at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Inserm, the Université Paris Cité, and the École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, scientists at the Institut Pasteur have identified a new virus! It …
The Many Uses of Cold Therapy: From Treating Ailments to Saving Lives
The cold is often considered a formidable enemy, especially when temperatures drop below freezing during the winter. However, it is interesting to ask whether cold is really bad for …Vitamin D Supplementation May Not Work for Overweight Individuals Study Reveals
The benefits of vitamin D on body function and the incidence of various diseases may depend on body weight according to a recent US-based study. This was what researchers …
Rise in Muscle Dysmorphia among Youth Revealed by New Study
In general, bodybuilders are more likely to suffer from muscle dysmorphia. But according to a new study, many teenagers and young men believe that their bodies are never muscular …Anti Aging: Low cost Ultrasound Therapy Using Low-Frequency Sound Waves Reverses Signs of Aging
Ultrasound, considered harmless, has been used in medicine for decades as therapy for a wide range of ailments. Is it now possible to give body cells a second shot …
Split-Belt Walking Elicits Rapid and Lasting Motor Adaptations in Those Who Regularly Participate in Aerobic Exercise
The ability to modify one’s gait in reaction to environmental changes is a crucial component of locomotion. People must adjust their walking patterns to prevent falling when they meet …
Somatic Mutations of Brain Cells Lead To Varying Susceptibility to Illness in Human
Every tissue in the human body develops somatic mutations during the course of a person’s life through mechanisms that rely on the physiology of the tissue itself as well …