Neuron Found In Mice Could Have Implications For Effective Diet Drugs

Medicine & Technology Jan 31, 2020

A CALCR cell found in mice may stop feeding without subsequential nauseating effects, as well as influence the long term intake of food.

Racial Disparities In Drug Prescriptions For Dementia

Jan 30, 2020

They found that Asian people with dementia were 14% less likely than white patients to be prescribed anti-dementia drugs.

NASA Explores Future Moon and Mars Homes Made of Fungi

Jan 29, 2020

Landing on Mars is one thing, but having a safe habitat and being able to stay on the red planet is another one altogether.

Scientists Built a Robot Pigeon With Wings that Flap, Just Like the Real Thing

Jan 29, 2020

A new robotic bird made with real pigeon feathers is the first robot that can change the shape of its wings like a bird, by fanning its feathers out.

Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People?

Jan 29, 2020

Noncommunicable diseases cannot be passed between people — or can they?

Menopause Can Start Earlier Than You Think: Here's What You Need To Know

Jan 29, 2020

What is perimenopause and how do you treat it?

Combined Prenatal Smoking And Drinking Greatly Increases SIDS Risk

Jan 29, 2020

Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have an increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Fish Oil Supplements Tied to Sperm Health

Jan 28, 2020

A large observational study out of Denmark has linked fish oil supplements with improved semen quality and testicular function in healthy men.

Did '13 Reasons Why' Lead To A Spike In Adolescent Suicides? Researchers Are Divided

Jan 28, 2020

A new study links "13 Reasons Why" to a major spike in the youth suicide rate. Experts say that link is complicated, though.

Astronomers Discover Bizarre Objects In Our Galaxy

Jan 27, 2020

Astronomers from UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy.

Injuries and Deaths Could Rise with Climate Change in the U.S., According to a Study

Jan 27, 2020

The long term impact of climate change could be absolutely devastating to the planet and everyone and everything living on it.

1 in 5 Deaths Globally Are Due To Sepsis, Study Says

Jan 27, 2020

Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to a new analysis. Among them are a disproportionately high number of children in poor areas.

Weight Loss Drug Belviq Tied To 'Possible Increased Risk Of Cancer,' FDA says

Jan 25, 2020

The weight loss medicine Belviq might be associated with an increased risk of cancer, FDA says

Your Blood Type Might Influence Your Risk of Getting the Stomach Flu

Jan 25, 2020

The way you react to norovirus exposure might have something to do with the blood type you were born with.

Walnuts May Be Good For The Gut And Help Promote Heart Health

Jan 24, 2020

Researchers found that eating walnuts daily as part of a healthy diet was associated with increases in certain bacteria that can help promote health.