The feeling of hunger itself may slow aging in flies
From low-carb to intermittent fasting, surgery to Ozempic — people turn to a seemingly never-ending array of diets, procedures and drugs to lose weight. While it has been long understood that limiting the amount of food eaten can promote healthy aging in a wide range of animals, including humans, a new study from University of […]
A Light at the End of the Tunnel for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer?
At the American Urological Association (AUA) meeting in New Orleans in May, there was seemingly a “light at the end of the tunnel” moment. Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, a leading advocate for active surveillance (AS) from the University of California San Francisco, announced that the AUA’s own data from its AQUA registry showed that, for […]
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Small and seemingly specialized, the brain’s locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating neuromodulator norepinephrine. In a new paper and with a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, an MIT neuroscience lab is making the case that the LC is not just an alarm button but […]