A diet that promotes plant-based proteins to help the environment now has a more human argument: It can lower the risk of death from several serious diseases. “It wasn’t just one cause of death. It was across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public … Read more
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative movement disorder that progresses relentlessly. It gradually reduces a person’s ability to function until he/she eventually becomes immobile and often develops dementia. In the US alone, well over a million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and the number of new cases and the total number are steadily increasing. There is … Read more
For many other researchers, creating a map of the 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, that make up the brain would be considered an almost insurmountable project. However, researchers at the Allen Institute are pursuing just that task and say it will lay the foundation for a better understanding of how the brain functions the … Read more