Nobel Prize for medicine unravels mysteries about how we sense heat and touch
Dr. Steven Munger discusses how work of 2021 winners paves way for scientific discoveries and potential medical advances.
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Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors
In The Conversation, Dr. Chris Robinson discusses COVID’s impact on the body after acute symptoms have resolved.
Dementia patients are at greater risk for COVID-19
Conversation article co-authored by Drs. Steven DeKosky and Michael Jaffee discusses new research about dementia and COVID-19 risk.
Daylight saving time could be especially hard this weekend because of COVID-19 sleep loss
In The Conversation, Dr. Michael Jaffee discusses the importance of sleep, how DST can impact sleep patterns and why many are ready to do away with it.
Sleep medicine expert discusses downside of ‘springing ahead’
Neurologist Dr. Michael Jaffee discusses the annual switch to daylight savings and rise in accidents, heart attacks on Radio Health Journal podcast.
Hoarding, stockpiling, panic buying: What’s normal behavior in an abnormal time?
In The Conversation, Dr. Carol Mathews discusses the effect the pandemic has had on a common but often misunderstood problem — hoarding.
Tom Seaver, like Robin Williams, had Lewy body dementia, but what is this strange illness?
In The Conversation, Dr. Melissa Armstrong discusses Lewy body dementia, the second most common degenerative dementia.
Blood tests for Alzheimer’s explained
In The Conversation, Drs. Golde and DeKosky explain the new test, which shows high accuracy in detecting chemicals specific to Alzheimer’s.
What you need to know about the possible smell/taste link to COVID-19
Dr. Steven Munger, director of the UF Center for Smell and Taste, discusses what science can tell us about the potential link — and what to do if it happens to you.
Ozzy Osbourne has a type of Parkinson’s disease called Parkin: A neurologist explains
In The Conversation, Dr. Michael Okun explains Parkinson’s disease and evolving treatments for the condition.
