This is a heavily debated topic. Alcohol, nicotine, and opiates are all classified as addictive substances based on strict ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Davina McCall underwent a gruelling procedure to remove a brain tumour in November, something her surgeon likened to ...

An Ontario woman with epilepsy is living seizure-free... after a device was surgically implanted in her skull. The 'responsive neurostimulation' device is approved for use in the U-S, but not yet in ...

Unlike current therapies that primarily manage blood sugar levels, this approach would allow doctors to directly target beta cell loss, which could improve long-term disease outcomes for their ...

Downtown Sarasota champagne bar and restaurant serving caviar — boasting a $4 million price tag and bright pink facade — ...

While neuroscience has long focused on proteins and DNA, a team of Stanford researchers dared to shift their gaze to sugars—specifically the complex sugar chains that cover all our cells like ...

It includes lots of fruits and vegetables, which are high in fibre, which slows the absorption of sugar. The diet offers several other advantages, including a lower risk of heart disease ...

A seven-year-old girl who suffered a stroke while going down a slide has had to have a third of her skull removed. Charliee Sue Salisbury was at her a local park with her dad, Danny Salisbury ...

The research, published in Cell Metabolism, found that consuming aspartame led to faster arterial plaque buildup than regular sugar consumption, raising the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

The study is the first of its kind to study the biological processes potentially linking sugar substitutes to heart disease, and researchers theorise that because aspartame is many times sweeter ...