/ ReutersThe first human patient received an implant from brain-chip start-up Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, company founder Elon Musk sa
NUMBERS GROWING: The CDC reported 12,030 hospital visits for enterovirus last week, a 4.6% weekly increase, and warned parents to be alert as their ch
PROTECTION: Aside from preparing drugs, masks and sanitizers against COVID-19, people with chronic illnesses can have their prescriptions filled befor
By Tsai Ya-hua and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taipei Zoo yesterday said it would not rule out inviting experts from C
TRAGIC LOSSES: Among yesterday’s 104 reported deaths were a one-year-old girl who died of septic shock and a four-year-old who had developed encephali
武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)持續在全球傳播,但因疫苗普及、重症率相對較低等條件,各國陸續恢復正常生活。但最新研究指出,即便僅有輕微症狀,患者腦部仍可能因染疫導致加速老化。《CNN》報導,由牛津大學神經科學助教杜奧(Gwena?lle Douaud)指導的新冠病毒最新研究,觀測401名
/ Reuters, NEW YORKFor the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immun
AGREEMENTS: Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Lin Minn-tsong said Taiwan has many mutually beneficial opportunities with central and eastern E
PULSTROKE: The device can deliver an assessment report in five minutes on a test subject’s risks of getting carotid artery stenosis and whether they n
部份愛滋病陽性患者身處吵雜環境時,會出現無法理解談話內容的症狀,現在美國科學團隊在新研究中發現,其實患者不是聽力受影響,而是大腦的中樞神經系統受損,出現認知障礙。根據《今日醫藥新聞》(Medical News Today)報導,這項研究發表在《臨床神經生理學》(Clinical Neurophysi
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterMinister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) yesterday expressed gratitude to the Central Epidemic Command Cente
‘SECOND BRAIN’: Consuming red meat or eggs could increase levels of a metabolite linked to cardiovascular disease, although everyone produces differen
INTER-ORGAN CONTACT: Researchers constructed an Alzheimer’s disease model in fruit flies and found that Enterobacteria infection exacerbated neurodege
First-born children are more intelligent than their siblings because they receive more mental stimulation in their early years, new research has shown
ALCOHOL PROBLEM: Researchers have identified ALDH2 deficiency as a risk factor for ischemic strokes in men, and more Taiwanese lack the enzyme than ot
Google 最近掃蕩了多款 Google Play 內應用,原因不外乎是內藏惡意代碼,會自動通過審查、並且尋求 Root 權限,意圖獲得手機控制權。而這幾款應用皆為遊戲類 App,有著精美的介面設計,多數用戶很難會聯想到與惡意程式相關。
The presence of a romantic partner during painful medical procedures could make women feel worse rather than better, researchers say. A study involvin
A new small study finds that quenching your thirst with water may give your brain a boost.一份新的小規模研究發現,喝水解渴或許能增進你的腦力。Results showed that subjects who d
Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds.研究發現,每天1顆阿斯匹靈,或能讓心血管疾病風險高的年長女性減緩大腦退化。