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Neuron Found In Mice Could Have Implications For Effective Diet Drugs

01.31.2020 07:57 AM

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

01.30.2020 07:40 AM

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

01.29.2020 08:04 AM

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

01.29.2020 08:01 AM

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?

01.29.2020 08:01 AM

Noncommunicable diseases cannot be passed between people — or can they? People during the early years were plagued by tuberculosis infections, malaria, constant syphilis outbreaks and wounds that were laced with bacteria and never healed.

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

01.29.2020 08:00 AM

What is perimenopause and how do you treat it? If you have not heard of the term perimenopause, you are not alone. Dr. Jennifer Payne, director of the Women's Mood Disorders Center at Johns Hopkins University said that often when women talk about going through menopause, what they are really talking about is perimenopause, which is a transitional stage during which the body is preparing to stop ovulating.

Combined Prenatal Smoking And Drinking Greatly Increases SIDS Risk

01.29.2020 07:59 AM

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

01.28.2020 11:29 AM

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

01.28.2020 11:25 AM

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

01.27.2020 20:20 PM

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

01.27.2020 09:30 AM

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

01.27.2020 09:19 AM

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

01.25.2020 10:34 AM

The weight loss medicine Belviq might be associated with an increased risk of cancer, FDA says The FDA or the US Food and Drug Administration warns the public that the prescription weight loss medicine called Belviq might be linked to an increased risk of cancer.

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

01.25.2020 10:33 AM

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

01.24.2020 05:54 AM

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

Less Active Infants Had Greater Fat Accumulation, Study Finds

01.24.2020 05:52 AM

The study could shed light on the link between infant physical inactivity and childhood obesity. Less physical activity for babies that are below one year old may lead to more fat accumulation, which in turn may turn into obesity later in life, according to a study that was led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Less Intimacy Linked To Earlier Menopause, Study Finds

01.21.2020 19:38 PM

Having intimate encounters less frequently could lead to earlier menopause, a new study suggests. Researchers discovered that women who reported to engage in sexual activity every week are 28% less likely to have experienced menopause than those who had sex less than once a month.

Eating Vegetables Does Not Decrease Prostate Cancer Progression, Experts Say

01.21.2020 02:43 AM

Researchers found that men with prostate cancer who consumed a diet high in vegetable did not experience any clinical benefit but their overall health benefits were seen.

Blue Light Can Help Heal Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

01.21.2020 02:14 AM

Early-morning blue light exposure therapy has been shown to aid the healing process of people impacted by mild traumatic brain injury.

Man Develops an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms

01.20.2020 03:33 AM

Doctors did a CT scan and it showed that the man had calcification in his right scrotum. A man from India developed a weird, eggshell-like material around his testicle, and experts say that this is the result of a very rare reaction to a chronic infection.

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