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PLASTER CITY, CALIFORNIA: “Stop the car! You’re lost…” I was riding alone, full speed, trying to catch up with a group that, unbeknownst to me, wasn’t out front…but in fact, they were about 20 minutes behind at a turn I’d blown past while fumbling with my action camera. And not wanting to drift too far back, I let the heavy-duty …

Thursday, August 21, 2025 NIH scientists and collaborators reveal the brain preserves its representation of lost limb in clinical study. During MRI scans, participants moved their hand (pre-amputation) or phantom hand (post-amputation), as well as their lips (both before and after). Brain maps of the hand (red) and lips (blue) are shown for two pre-amputation scans (pre1, pre2) and multiple …

A man who lived with severe, treatment-resistant depression for over 30 years is now in remission, thanks to a new brain stimulation method that targets selective areas of his brain. The man reported experiencing joy for the first time in decades after the treatment. “He was crying and saying, ‘I’m not sad, I’m just happy. I don’t know what to …

The Apple Watch’s health features have once again played a part in flagging a potential health problem. A 57-year-old woman from Brighton, East Sussex says her Apple Watch alerted her to an issue that ultimately led doctors to uncover a brain tumor. Sam Adams told The Sun that her Apple Watch repeatedly flagged an unusually low heart rate after she returned from …

A New Hampshire mother shot and killed two of her children and her husband, who had reportedly been diagnosed with brain cancer, before killing herself, authorities said. The bodies of Emily Long, 34; Ryan Long, 48; 8-year-old Parker Long, and 6-year-old Ryan Long were found at the family’s Madbury home on Monday. Authorities believe that in the early hours of …

I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is difficult for me to judge if a particular brain, including my own, suffers from early neurodegeneration. My new study, however, shows that part of your brain increases in size with age rather than degenerating. …

Image by Getty / Futurism “Go outside” or “touch grass” are common rejoinders deployed in online arguments these days. And, at least for those of us whose brains have probably melted from spending too much time on an app where said arguments take place, it turns out it’s pretty sound advice. As the New York Times reports, there’s a growing …

In January, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history ravaged several neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The immediate toll was staggering: at least 30 lives lost, more than 200,000 people evacuated, and more than 18,000 homes and structures destroyed. Moreover, a recent study estimated the fires were linked to more than 440 excess deaths in the region. Yet …

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) potently amplify insulin secretion and influence satiety to reduce food intake1,2,3. Stabilized GLP1R agonists were approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in 2008 (ref. 4) and at higher doses for overweight and obesity in 2017 and 2018 (ref. 5). Less attention has been paid to the GIP axis, as multiple …

Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that’s at the center of this decline. They looked at how the genes and proteins in the hippocampus changed over time in mice and found just one that differed between old and young animals. …