Tag: Science

In what some are calling a “milestone moment” in medicine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the first time, approved a simple blood test to detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

For more than 50 years, scientists have known that soft corals produce substances called diterpenoids that mimic key human hormones essential in a range of functions, from clotting blood and reducing inflammation to inducing labor at the end of a pregnancy.

IBM has announced a plan to build a quantum computer by 2029 that will hold 10,000 qubits, about 50 times more than today’s most powerful quantum device.

It’s been called “middle-age spread”: as people reach their 40s and beyond, many see their bellies go big and fat pile onto their hips and butts.Some respond by joining a gym, taking up jogging, or eating a lot more salads. Still, the extra fat usually stays put. People at City of Hope—a major U.S. center......

A brain-training game using biofeedback shows an ability to slash chronic pain at least as well as opioids, researchers at Australia’s University of New South Wales have found in a small trial.