On Earth, gravity pulls blood toward the lower body, but in space, fluids shift upward, causing astronauts to have puffy ...

Astronauts returning from space often experience physiological changes. Microgravity affects various aspects of an astronauts ...

As the SpaceX Crew-9 prepares for their highly anticipated return to Earth, astronauts Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore, ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams may face muscle atrophy, bone loss, vision issues, and immune changes after her prolonged space stay, experts weigh in.

Postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis, or vaginal atrophy, is the thinning of the walls of the vagina caused by decreased estrogen levels. This most commonly occurs after menopause. Menopause is the ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

Background: Determining brain atrophy is crucial for the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. Despite detailed brain atrophy assessments using three-dimensional (3D) T1-weighted magnetic resonance ...

Spinal cord injury leads to loss of innervation of skeletal muscle, decreased motor function, and significantly reduced load on skeletal muscle, resulting in atrophy. Factors such as braking, hormone ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cognition Therapeutics, Inc., (the “Company” or “Cognition”) (NASDAQ: CGTX), a clinical-stage company developing ...

cThe Dubowitz Neuromuscular Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ...