March blogs digest: essential tremor, brain awareness, kidneys, tuberculosis, and more

Shaking up the field March is National Essential Tremor Awareness Month, a neurological movement disorder that causes unintentional shaking movements of the hands and head both when in static positions and during movements. In this guest blog Ariel Levy and Robert Chen, editorial board member for Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders, explained more about the disease. Quiz: Test your action potential Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign aiming to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research and it occurs in March. In light of this, we created a quiz to give you the chance to test how brainy you are! Do you know your hippocampus from your cerebellum? Why do we age? Professor Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka looked at the evidence for a calorie restriction diet improving age-related health issues through epigenetic mechanisms. What everyone wants is to live a long life. However, whilst already living longer, we have realized that longevity is of little value when associated with diseases and disability. Could a caloric restriction of 10% be the answer? From a precision medicine to glow in the dark sperm Precision medicine requires reliable genome sequencing: Identifying the genetic mutations that increase a patient’s disease risk allows them to take action to reduce their chances of developing disease. Research investigated the confidence we have in DNA sequencing results and here the co-author explained more. Give your kidneys a second thought th...
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