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As we age, our bodies conduct every action a bit slower: our daily walks become shorter, our endurance goes down, and our brains aren’t as sharp as they once were. It’s a shared experience among most people: “When we’re kids, we’re constantly stressing our motor systems: running, climbing, falling, and trying new movements beyond our comfort zones,” explains longevity expert …

A new study finds that the brain does not appear to significantly rewire its map of the body after an amputation. Westend61/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Westend61/Getty Images A rare circulatory problem required Emily Wheldon to have her left arm amputated three years ago. Her brain still thinks it’s there. “Most days, it just feels like I’ve got my …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Nearly impossible to measure, quantify, convey, pain is a truly mysterious human sensation. For the last 25 years in my life as a neurosurgeon, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering firsthand, so much of it chronic, persistent and difficult to treat. That is why I spent the past three years digging deep into …

New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this mechanism to enhance its own survival, and that the discovery of the molecules responsible for the suppression could aid in the development of new painkillers. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection …

We celebrate our birthdays once a year. That way, you might think, aging is a linear, steady, and yearly process. Well, you might have to think again because a new landmark study begs to differ from that worn-out concept.A groundbreaking new study has revealed that your body doesn’t age in a straight line. Instead, it hits a sudden ‘turning point’, …

The passage of time may be linear, but the course of human aging is not. Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood, the plateau of early adulthood, to an acceleration in aging as the decades progress. Now, a new study has identified a turning point at which that acceleration typically takes …

Your body’s gut bacteria has its very own Ozempic-like system, a study suggests, and scientists believe manipulating it could ramp up weight loss without the drug’s nasty side effects. Researchers from Duke University in North Carolina have discovered specialized bacteria and cells in the colon that can send signals to the brain to control how much you eat and curb appetite, similarly …