We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease.

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Working from home has become a fixture of Australian work culture, but its effect on mental health is still widely debated.

A review by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the UK has found that controlled ...

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Chronic tinnitus may increase stress levels by keeping the body that much closer to a fight-or-flight response to sound, a ...

The male-determining sex chromosome has lost 97 percent of its ancestral genes in the last 300 million years. If that rate ...

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Getting a better understanding of how the brain works is tricky, as living brains aren't easily prodded and analyzed.