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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250103125029.htm) Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection
Jan 3rd 2025, 12:50

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. Researchers drew this conclusion after studying proteins from blood samples taken from over 42,000 adults recruited to the UK Biobank.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162627.htm) 'Smooth brain' disorders may share a common cause  --  and potential treatment
Jan 2nd 2025, 16:26

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and currently there are no available treatments. A new study, however, has identified a molecular mechanism that underlies some lissencephaly disorders -- and a drug that prevents and reverses lissencephaly malformations in organoids (small, three-dimensional replicas of developing brains that allow scientists to study early brain development).

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162503.htm) Study reveals that sleep prevents unwanted memories from intruding
Jan 2nd 2025, 16:25

The link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind.

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