Monthly Archives: Aprile 2019
Popular electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) products sold in the U.S. were contaminated with bacterial and...
Popular electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) products sold in the U.S. were contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan...
Self-identified atheists shed that label after their encounter with GOD
People over the millennia have reported having deeply moving religious experiences either spontaneously or while under the influence of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin-containing...
Antibiotic cocktail to treat Lyme bacteria
A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria caused...
A mutation in the ORAI1 gene leads to a loss of calcium in enamel...
A mutation in the ORAI1 gene - studied in a human patient and mice - leads to a loss of calcium in enamel cells...
Scientists unveiled a battery-free pacemaker
Scientists on Tuesday unveiled a battery-free pacemaker that generates its energy from the heartbeats of pigs in what could pave the way for an...
Some people may be more genetically prone to cannabis addiction
Some people may be more genetically prone to cannabis addiction, finds a new UCL-led study.
The researchers say their investigation of three genetic markers, published...
Omega-3 fatty acids : reduce mental and physical damage in stressful environment
A team of researchers with members from Italy, Brazil and Ireland has found that giving rats exposed to a stressful environment extra doses of...
Memory loss after septic shock linked to sugar
The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the result of a sugar that is released into...
Curcumin can help prevent or combat stomach cancer
Curcumin is widely used to impart color and flavor to food, but scientists have discovered that this yellow powder derived from the...
Upper respiratory infections remain one of the most common triggers of asthma attacks in...
Upper respiratory infections remain one of the most common triggers of asthma attacks in children, but not every cold leads to a dangerous worsening...
Popular ancient remedy, the elderberry fruit, can help the fight against influenza
Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at times to the chagrin of modern...
Cardiovascular disease: half of women do not do enough physical activity
Using data from a national survey representing more than 19 million U.S. women with established cardiovascular disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that more...
People avoid empathy because require too much mental effort
Even when feeling empathy for others isn't financially costly or emotionally draining, people will still avoid it because they think empathy requires too much...
Several states are now considering to practice daylight savings time (DST) permanent
Moving the clock forward and then back each spring and fall usually draws plenty of complaints and questions about why such a change is...
Gene called gasdermin E – aids cells in dying in an unexpected way, and...
Sometimes cells need to die.
The process of cell death is encoded within the genome of all higher organisms to kill off cancerous cells,...
