This is new. Remember us telling you about the antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in supermarket meats a few weeks ago? Well, now it seems those little buggers have figured out how to go global — by hitching a ride on clouds. Researchers from Université Laval in Quebec and Université Clermont Auvergne in France showed, for the…
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Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have manipulated stem cells to mimic the development of the human heart, resulting in a sort of “mini-heart” known as an organoid. It will enable the study of the earliest development phase of the heart and further research on diseases. Amazingly, the human heart starts forming less…
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Spring has officially sprung! And with it comes the itchy throat, watery and burning eyes, the sneezing, and the ever-present post-nasal drip. But spring seems a bit early every year. Does it seem like that to you? When did you start sneezing? When did you first start noticing the pollen everywhere? Researchers think they may…
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Like the rest of our bodies, the brain goes through extensive changes as we age. A new systematic review of 144 studies dealing with the brain and its functioning as we age has helped us to get a clearer picture on what is happening and what we can do about it! While very young, the…
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Can doctors see into the future? Possibly. At least when it comes to epileptic seizures. In a groundbreaking project from the University of TX Health Science Center at Houston, scientists say they can now predict seizures more than 30 minutes before they occur among patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The team, led by Sandipan Pati,…
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Let’s get straight to the big news: Generation Health, a weekly video and audio podcast, will begin airing on March 7th, 2023! In the six years since Joe DiMatteo’s passing, the team tried to figure out how to fill his impossibly large shoes. They have tried… and failed, learning quickly that nobody could do things…
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This is horrifying, and how it’s being handled by “the officials” is downright infuriating. It’s almost as if a 2022 movie adaptation of the 1985 Don DeLillo novel “White Noise.” is playing out in real life. Because it IS happening in real life. In that story, a train derails and spills chemicals, causing an “airborne…
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Has bad weather kept you inside for too long?You may need some time out in a green or blue space. Getting outside for a walk or a jog or along a lake or a tree-lined area may reduce the need for medication for anxiety, asthma, depression, high blood pressure, or insomnia, a new study found.…
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Does anyone need an artificial pancreas? That may soon become a reality for people with type 2 diabetes in the United Kingdom. Researchers from the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge developed an artificial pancreas that they tested on patients with type 2 diabetes who were on dialysis due to end-stage…
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Not too long ago, we told you about the ongoing dangers of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” leaking into our waterways for years. It’s been an issue for a while. Now, it’s become a problem for shareholders, namely their profits. It turns out that money (or losing it) gets things done. Investors from some of the…
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