DALLAS: How much can technology and apps help to improve people’s health?

That question is being posed at a seminar in Belfast involving health and IT experts from EU cities, including Belfast.

They are all part of the World Health Organisation Network.

Those involved believe Read More »

PHOENIX: Variants in the microglial receptor TREM2 boost the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, but the protein’s exact role remains something of a mystery. Two recent studies shed more light on the factors affecting TREM2. In the March 3 EMBO Molecular Medicine, researchers led by Christian Read More »

HOUSTON: Physical exercise could reduce the risk of developing dementia, according to a medical study.

Doing more activities including walking, gardening and dancing can increase brain volume and help stave off the neurodegenerative disease, research has found.

Participants were asked about their physical habits and Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon calls himself “old school,” including his use of marijuana both during and after his career.

Yet McMahon’s stab at self-medicating could be ahead of its time. Researchers at Johns Hopkins plan to test whether a compound found in Read More »