Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.

Two undergraduate medicine students at University of Galway have led a major study examining how cardioprotective glucose-lowering therapies - medications that lower blood sugar and reduce the risk of heart disease in people with diabetes - affect the risk of developing dementia.

Mental health is in crisis worldwide. While the neurosciences are advancing rapidly, psychiatry still struggles to diagnose and effectively treat many disorders. The Synapsy Center for Neuroscience and Mental Health Research at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, is launching a new international prize to reward those who bring these two worlds closer together.

Administering the drug Osanetant shortly after trauma reduces fear memory in female mice, according to a new study in Brain Medicine. The findings offer promising insights into early interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and highlight critical sex differences in fear processing.