Parkinson’s disease is often introduced through its most visible symptom: tremor. Yet for many patients, the condition is far more expansive, affecting sleep, mood, cognition,...
Mycoviruses—viruses that infect fungi—are emerging as important regulators of fungal chemistry, according to research by Favaretto, Varotto, Kondo and colleagues published in npj Viruses. Rather...
Robot-assisted surgery is often portrayed as the ultimate expression of precision medicine: a surgeon seated at a console, controlling miniature instruments that move through tiny...
Lung cancer remains the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer and one of its deadliest diseases, but a new artificial intelligence system could help physicians reach...
Allergic inflammation in the skin may set the stage for life-threatening reactions elsewhere in the body through a previously unrecognized immune pathway, according to a...
The insula, a folded region tucked deep within the lateral sulcus of the cerebral cortex, is emerging as one of neuroscience’s most important—and most complicated—research...
Psychedelic drugs are moving rapidly from counterculture to clinical science, but one central question continues to frustrate researchers: how can the same compound produce therapeutic...
Parkinson’s disease has long been studied through the lenses of aging, genetics and the nervous system’s response to environmental stress. Now, a nationwide analysis published...
Parkinson’s disease may begin damaging cells long before tremors, stiffness, and slowed movement become visible. A new study published in Nature Communications identifies an early...
A new study is bringing molecular precision to one of Parkinson’s disease’s most important biological puzzles: why changes in the GBA gene can sharply increase...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may begin affecting the mind years before it is formally diagnosed, according to a nationwide Swedish study that tracked more than...
A new cross-sectional study is examining one of the most persistent questions in the US health-care system: why some physicians choose to practice in rural...
A new national website is being launched to provide a clearer, faster view of vaccine-preventable disease activity across the United States. The U.S. Disease Tracker,...
A new cohort study published in JAMA Network Open is examining how histotripsy is being used across the United States to treat liver tumors, offering...
Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most visible symptoms: tremor, slowed movement, muscle stiffness and problems with balance. But beneath those signs, the disease...
