Articles by Carly Cassella
A few nights of binge drinking alcohol may have a surprisingly sudden and deleterious impact on the mammal gut, according to new research on mice.
In humans, alcohol use disorder is a leading globalοΏ½...
In 2022, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease making him the youngest person ever to be diagnosed with the condition.
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The blood of 'superagers' is a potential fountain of youth that scientists are keen to tap into.
Emerging evidence suggests that centenarians, who live to 100, and supercentenarians, who live to 110οΏ½...
A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it.
To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world'sοΏ½...
Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in some nations, it may be undermining the elimination of cervical cancer.
If more boys receive the Gardasil vοΏ½...
Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism by which brain cells die.
The findings raise the possibility that similar οΏ½...
Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world's oldest ribbon worm on record.
The adopted invertebrate is fondly called Baseodiscus the Eldest, and he is at least 26 years old, probably aroundοΏ½...
A very rare type of cancer is on a sharp upward trajectory in younger generations, and no one knows why.
Recent research in the US reveals that Gen X-ers and Millennials are three to four times moreοΏ½...
A rare vomiting condition associated with chronic cannabis use is becoming more common at emergency departments in the US.
The condition, called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), is marked by οΏ½...
Genetics is rarely as straightforward as a single gene driving a lone health outcome. But a new study has uncovered what could be a rare exception.
Changes to just one gene, called GRIN2A, have now οΏ½...
