New research from a European group of smell disorder experts, including Prof Philpott at the University of East Anglia, shows
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How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
At Carnegie Mellon University, Biomedical Engineering’s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (Ph.D., School
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The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system
Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections—or do they? Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) studied the immune
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How to use your bathroom scale to find the right weight loss strategy
People who weigh themselves regularly are more successful at losing weight and keeping it off. But standing on a scale,
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How getting fit can help defeat Covid-19
How to arm your body to defeat Covid-19: Lose weight, get fit, stop smoking, reverse diabetes… and improve your state
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Now more than ever we need to talk about how we want to die
The coronavirus pandemic has brought death and dying to the forefront of the public’s consciousness. As an anaesthetist working in
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Researchers develop a new model for how the brain processes complex information
The human brain is a highly advanced information processor composed of more than 86 billion neurons. Humans are adept at
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Children don’t know how to get proper nutrition information online
Children looking for health information online could end up more prone to obesity. A new study in the Journal of
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What is Kawasaki disease and how do children get it?
With everything else going on in the world, the advent of a new disease adds stress to an already scary
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How I Became Addicted to Porn
The first time I watched porn was when I was 18 years old, during sex with my then-boyfriend, because we
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