Your heart provides blood to all parts of your body. In order to determine if it’s pumping properly, your health care provider may order a cardiac stress test. It makes the heart pump harder and faster, and can reveal potential problems with blood flow. Stressing the heart might not sound like a safe thing for […]
Researchers create organoid of a brain region to study cognitive disorders
In a lab dish, Yale researchers modeled two brain structures and their interactions to shed light on the origins of neuropsychiatric diseases. In-Hyun Park, associate professor of genetics, and his team created an organoid of the thalamus, a major hub that integrates sensory information and relays it to different areas of the brain. Organoids are […]
The study revealed knowledge is a dangerous half-True causes of Cancer and the least know – Video
Smoking, too much alcohol, poor diet and too little exercise: Would make sure the Germans more, would, according to the German cancer research center ill, in the year 2018, around 165,000 people have less cancer. However, the Knowledge of cancer causes is sown in the people tend to be rare. Many have knowledge of a […]
T-cell specificity found to play a role in attacks on myelin versus β-synuclein in MS
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Germany has found that T-cell specificity plays a major role in immune system attacks on myelin versus β-synuclein in people with multiple sclerosis. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their study of T-cell behavior in rat models and what they learned. […]
Roasted Root Veggies Make a Hearty Winter Soup
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20, 2019 — — Dense root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and parsnips benefit from roasting. They sweeten as they cook, making for healthy comfort food during cold winter months. Follow these general steps for any hard vegetables: Start by cutting them into uniform pieces, so they’ll roast and brown evenly. (Otherwise, you […]
Ben Affleck Designed a Room for His Son That Jennifer Garner Calls 'Creepy'
Ben Affleck is not beyond brutal aesthetic coercion when it comes to persuading his kids to love the Patriots like he does. Affleck designed a Patriots-themed room for his son — one that Jennifer Garner called “creepy.” (We’re a little freaked out, honestly, and maybe hope he’s got a therapy jar for his kid.) The actor […]
Deadly 'zombie' deer disease threat prompts Louisiana lawmaker to act: It's 'critical' to find a cure
Deadly ‘zombie’ deer disease could spread to humans A deadly ‘zombie’ deer disease could possibly spread to humans, experts are warning. Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham isn't going to wait for the deadly, so-called “zombie” deer disease to spread to his home state of Louisiana before taking action. Abraham, who represents the state’s 5th congressional district, […]
Anti-vaxxers: admitting that vaccinology is an imperfect science may be a better way to defeat sceptics
Around the world, vaccines are in retreat, shunned by populations who, for the most part, have never been exposed to the diseases that blighted or shortened the lives of their grandparents’ generation. But with the possible exception of quinine – for centuries the only treatment for malaria – and antibiotics, vaccines have saved more lives […]
Uncovering a ‘smoking gun’ of biological aging clocks
A newly discovered ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clock can be used to accurately determine an individual’s chronological and biological age, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The ribosomal clock is a novel biomarker of aging based on the rDNA, a segment of the genome that has previously been mechanistically linked […]
Book provides a new framework for making sense of mental illness
Fear. Anxiety. Hope. Desire. Love. Anger. Guilt. Grief. These are the gamut of human emotions universal to our experiences. But why some people can become vulnerable to extreme bad feelings and other mental disorders remains a mystery that has affected and divided families, and cost lost years, or worse, lives, for millions of sufferers of […]