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Credit: CC0 Public Domain New animal research suggests that little-studied brain cells known as astrocytes are major players in controlling sleep need and may someday help humans go without sleep …

Lesser-known brain cells may be key to staying awake without cost to cognition, health Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine through UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, …

Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight Read More

Credit: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons We’ve noticed an indent in our son’s chest since he was about 6 years old. Our pediatrician diagnosed this as …

Q and A: Pediatric pectus excavatum Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of a new study, utilizing the most recent data on adolescent substance use to evaluate the effect of recreational cannabis legalization and retail sales …

Cannabis legalization and rising sales have not contributed to increase in substance abuse, study finds Read More

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A drug in development for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has shown promising results, after researchers from Flinders University tested the treatment in people for the first …

Experimental nasal spray for sleep apnea shows promising results Read More

An antidote to teenage depression might be found in school gymnasiums and on sports fields, a major new review argues. Supervised exercise programs are associated with significant reductions in symptoms …

A natural antidepressant for teens Read More

Overview of the Wearable Sensor, Artificial Intelligence Scratch Algorithm, and Sleep Monitoring. Credit: JAMA Dermatology (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5697 Northwestern University researchers have tested a method to reduce the dreaded nocturnal …

AI-enabled wearable sensor uses vibration to curb nocturnal scratching Read More

Proof of synapses connecting pairs of retinal cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells comes from the red coloring of infection by a modified rabies virus passed from one cell …

Lab-grown retinal eye cells make successful connections, open door for clinical trials to treat blindness Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A weekly dose of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, led to a reduction of symptoms and tissue improvement in young adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), …

Antibody treatment improves chronic food allergy symptoms in young adults, study finds Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When you think of eye infections, what comes to mind? Puffy, swollen bruised feeling eyelids that get glued together with gunk overnight? That feeling of having …

Eye infections might seem like a minor complaint, but in some cases they can cause blindness and even death Read More