Cancer cannot be understood as a single, uniform disease. The more we delve into studying each type of tumor, the more we ...

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion—10% to 20%—of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical ...

A series of digital tests carried out via a smartphone app could enhance the detection of disease progression in Huntington's ...

Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new computational tool for identifying the gene combinations ...

The inaccuracy of race and ethnicity data found in electronic health records (EHRs) can negatively impact patient care as ...

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known ...

A compound found in the gut may reduce some of the manifestations of Alzheimer's disease, according to a Northwestern ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly associated with the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to ...

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington details a novel strategy for how the body clears out dead cells during ...

A new genetic study on the causes of chronic kidney disease that combined multiple health measurements has led to a more ...

Elderly persons who find it difficult to lift an object weighing 5 kilograms run the risk of developing a host of chronic ...