Articles by David Nield
Tiny biological batteries known as mitochondria keep the body's cells running smoothly, and their gradual decline is linked to a wide range of age-related diseases. Now scientists think they have fouοΏ½...
Current medical screening techniques could be failing to catch nearly half of those who experience a heart attack, according to new research, suggesting many of the millions of heart attacks that hapοΏ½...
Blinking handles essential eye maintenance, and we usually blink multiple times a minute without thinking much about it, though you might be more self-conscious about your own after the results of a οΏ½...
Despite the rapid advances in artificial intelligence in recent years, the humble human brain still has the edge over computers in its ability to transfer skills and learn across tasks. A new study rοΏ½...
Scientists are hard at work trying to assess the scale of our microplastic pollution problem and the likely health impacts. A new study now identifies several downstream health risks these tiny plastοΏ½...
What you gain in a day by staying up late might be curtailing how long you live, according to a new study linking insufficient sleep to a lower life expectancy.
While poor sleep has been previously οΏ½...
Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger role in the painful arthritic condition than previously thought.
In 2024, anοΏ½...
A calorie-restricted diet could slow down the aging that naturally happens in the brain as we get older, according to a new study of rhesus monkeys, and the findings could also be relevant to brain dοΏ½...
When the brain's typical wiring patterns shift from the norm, it leads to psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
In a new study, researchers have identified 'brainquakes' thοΏ½...
Scientists looking to tackle our ongoing obesity crisis have made an important discovery: Intermittent calorie restriction leads to significant changes both in the gut and the brain, which may open uοΏ½...
