In a recent study published in Brain Sciences, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina test a new way to deliver stroke rehabilitation that combines cognitive therapy with activity-based physical rehabilitation, all provided remotely in patients’ homes. The early results show that this approach is practical and well-liked by patients and has strong potential to improve recovery after stroke.

A new UC San Diego study reveals that fossil fuel-based plastic pollution may be promoting toxic water conditions by removing animals that keep water at safe levels. Biologically based plastics had a much smaller impact, the study found.

Understanding how the efficacy of some widely used drugs—such as antidiabetics, chemotherapies, or bronchodilators—could depend on the patient's sex helped, in the long term, to reduce the risk of adverse effects.

“With this work, we opened the door to a precision medicine that no longer assumed that what worked for men necessarily worked for women.”

University of Delaware neuroscientists identified a previously unknown neural circuit in fruit flies that marks an early step in how the brain decides whether food is rewarding. The finding helps explain cravings and overeating and offers new clues to eating disorders and addiction.