Medical Research & Innovations · July 4, 2026 · 8 min read

One in four strokes has been misunderstood for decades, and a new study explains why the drugs most commonly prescribed to prevent it so often fail

Doctors have been treating one of the most common types of stroke based on a cause that new research suggests is wrong, and it may explain why the standard prevention…

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Neuroscience

A new theory published in Nature Human Behaviour says phones are not damaging your ability to focus. They are changing whether your brain thinks focusing is worth it

Open a difficult book in a quiet room. The first page is dense. You read a paragraph, then reread it. Nothing clicks…

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A study of more than 2,000 older adults found that those with the least vitamin C in their blood had measurably less gray matter and weaker connections in the brain network tied to memory and attention

Vitamin C is one of the most widely consumed supplements in the world, and most people take it for reasons that have…

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A new study proves for the first time that a common viral infection can trigger the brain damage that causes Parkinson’s, and the destruction continues long after the virus is gone

Parkinson’s disease has been studied in laboratories for decades, but almost everything researchers know about it has been learned through methods that…

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A meta-analysis of 25,000 people found that compulsive daydreaming is strongly linked to depression, OCD, and trauma, but psychiatry still does not officially recognize it as a condition

Most people daydream. A few minutes between tasks, a brief escape during a commute, a pleasant drift into imagination before sleep. It is normal, often useful, sometimes necessary. But there…