Category: 4. Health

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The research, led by McGill University scientist Masha Prager-Khoutorsky in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team at McGill and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, suggests the brain may be a missing link in certain forms of high blood pressure – or hypertension – traditionally attributed to the kidneys.

“This is new evidence that high blood pressure can…

The idea of “zombie squirrels” may seem a bit nuts to you. But that’s the term that people have been using to describe what they’ve been seeing in the U.S. and Canada— squirrels with strange, at times bleeding, lumps all over their bodies. These lumps can make them look a bit like the characters seen on the TV series Walking Dead—the undead ones without speaking parts, that…

Mental health experts have voiced concerns about possible negative effects of gaming and gambling on traditional-aged college students and emerging adults. For example, in a 2020 study in the journal of Depression and Anxiety, which included over 40,000 undergraduate students across the nation, ten percent of students reported that computer gaming/problematic internet use had a negative impact on their academic performance, and that this…

In work published on August 21 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the researchers revealed that midkine…

Millions of Americans serve as military and veteran caregivers, providing unpaid care to injured, wounded, or ill service members and veterans. Following 9/11 and the global wars on terror, battlefield medicine had progressed to such a point that previously fatal wounds were now survivable, leaving many soldiers in need of care. In response, organizations including the Veterans Administration Caregiver…

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at SpaceX’s upcoming Starship test, new science heading to the international space station, a way to make older brains more youthful and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.

A study of close to 150,000 people who were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder showed that stimulant medicines like methylphenidate, which are most commonly prescribed for ADHD treatment, could cut down the risk of suicidal behavior and drug abuse by 17% and 15%, respectively. The study…

A California resident has been diagnosed with plague, likely after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area. This marks the first reported case in the South Lake Tahoe area since 2020, serving as a…