Articles by David Nield
A review by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the UK has found that controlled doses of laughing gas (or nitrous oxide) really can provide quick-acting relοΏ½...
A shingles vaccination program that began in Wales in 2013 has led to two discoveries that give fresh hope to efforts to treat dementia: The vaccine appears to reduce the risk of mild cognitive impaiοΏ½...
Early signs of cognitive decline may influence our driving habits, making our choices in travel times and routes a potential indicator of future mental health.
Researchers from Washington UniversityοΏ½...
We're fastlearning how smartphones impact childhood, and the findings of a new study about young tweens on the cusp of adolescence make for some more uncomfortable reading.
Researchers in the US havοΏ½...
The small molecule spermine has the potential to stop the toxic build-up of proteins in the brain that characterizes diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers have found and it works a bοΏ½...
A recent study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.
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Specific immune cells in the brain may play a crucial role in preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study a discovery that could lead to new therapies that try to coax cellsοΏ½...
A discovery by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in the US could lead to treatments that clear the troublesome aggregations of protein thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease.οΏ½...
As we get older, our brains start to change in ways that make them increasingly vulnerable to disease and a detailed new study of these changes points to a way some of this wear and tear might be preοΏ½...
Hydralazine has been used to treat high blood pressure for many decades, even though it's never been exactly clear how it works. Now a new study answers some key questions about the medication and adοΏ½...
