Meditation based on mental silence can strengthen brain networks of attention and executive control
Researchers from the Universitat Jaume I, the University of La Laguna, the University of California and King’s College London have published a study that reveals that prolonged practice…
Decrease in prostate cancer diagnoses due to pandemic
During the first wave of the corona pandemic, 36 per cent fewer men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in Sweden than in previous years. On the other hand,…
New algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia
A top-level international research team including researchers from the University of Eastern Finland has developed a new algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease is composed of four distinct subtypes
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to…
Many more people could benefit from blood pressure-lowering medication – most comprehensive study to date
Most detailed study to date including 345,000 people from 48 randomised clinical trials finds that blood pressure-lowering medication is effective in adults regardless of starting blood pressure level.