If some speakers in your sound system were broken, you might try to compensate by cranking up the volume on the ones that still work. It turns out that the brain does the same thing when damaged hair cells in the ear lead to hearing loss – and this could be causing your tinnitus.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Hearing, Hearing Impaired, tinnitus, ear, University of Southern Califo
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New tinnitus treatment emerges from blocking back-channels in the ear
Posted by ArielTechGeek 14 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
Parkinson's treatment closer as problematic protein imaged for first time
Posted by ArielTechGeek 1 day 20 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have finally pinned down a protein that’s largely responsible for Parkinson’s disease. Known as PINK1, the protein has been linked to the disease for decades but its structure and how to switch it back on have remained elusive – until now.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Parkinson's Disease, Neuroscience, Protein, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Cells, Brain
Researchers at Northwestern University have made a breakthrough in identifying a way for Alzheimer's disease to be treated far more effectively in the future – using the brain's own immune cells.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Alzheimer's disease, Northwestern University
Pair of common viruses may trigger Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by ArielTechGeek 17 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A fascinating collaborative study in 2022, between researchers at the University of Oxford and Tufts University, suggested two common viruses could be working in tandem to trigger the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings built on a growing body of evidence implicating the herpes virus in neurodegenerative disease and also turned research attention to a second virus that causes chi
Australians wait 12 years before seeking treatment for mental health
Posted by ArielTechGeek 24 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Australians will wait an average of 12 years before getting treatment for mental health or substance use disorders, according to a new study. While the findings are rather grim, the study did find that younger people are much more likely to seek help for their mental health when they need it.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: University of Sydney, mental h
Volvo gives its smallest electric SUV the Cross Country treatment
Posted by ArielTechGeek 26 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Volvo's EX30 just got a glow-up that adventurous drivers will appreciate. The compact electric SUV's Cross Country variant gets a bunch of off-roady features, as well as a few styling updates to differentiate it from its city slicker sibling.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Volvo, Off-road, Rugged
Alzheimer's biomarkers now visible up to a decade ahead of symptoms
Posted by ArielTechGeek 28 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: psychiatry, Brain, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, University of Pittsburgh
Relax, picking your nose is not causing Alzheimer's disease
Posted by ArielTechGeek 31 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Every couple of years it seems like another wave of stories emerge claiming picking your nose is a major causal factor in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. In 2024 it happened yet again, with a torrent of news headlines loudly declaring "scary evidence" had been found showing Alzheimer's disease was linked with a bit of finger-based nasal exploration. So where does this weird story come from and
Steering electricity through the air with ultrasound pulses
Posted by ArielTechGeek 33 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Electricity is chaotic, and we normally need to constrain it to wires and circuits to make use of it. Scientists in Europe and Canada have now managed to guide sparks through thin air and even around obstacles using ultrasound waves.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Electricity, Electric, Plasma, Acoustics, Ultrasound, University of Helsinki, Public University of Navarra, University of Wa
Gut bacteria may be the key to much more effective vitiligo treatment
Posted by ArielTechGeek 33 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
There could be new hope for people afflicted with the skin-discoloring disease, vitiligo. A new treatment reportedly works great on mice with the malady, and it utilizes a natural substance produced by beneficial gut bacteria.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Northwestern University, Skin, Gut Bacteria, Treatment
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