Accidental vaccines against dementia
BBC Science Focus shares an unintended consequence that’s good for us — a vaccine against shingles that has a measurable effect protecting people against dementia […]
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Sweat against influenza
PNAS has a study on a chemical found naturally in sweat that, it turns out, helps protect against viral infection and the symptoms of flu: […]
Fart science: How do you rank?
JAMA just published a study that blows open the long-repressed science of flatulence, revealing how much gas the average person passes, and when: Introduction Flatulence […]
Seed oils are better than beef, actually.
STAT shared the words of a frustrated cardiac dietitian who is personally exhausted by the public panic over seed oils, which, depending on how you […]
Diagnosed by your contact lens
Science Adviser looks at medical advice given by an optometrist on a contact lens: When your optometrist asks you to look through a machine at […]
Age-blocking injection rebuilds knee cartilage.
Sci Tech Daily investigates a new treatment for arthritis that can not just stop joint damage but actually reverse it by blocking chemicals associated with […]
Science Art: Don’t wait – 70% are doomed, c. 1936
This is a poster from the WPA urging people to save their own lives … by getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease. The geometry […]
Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least….
Science Daily shared news from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center about mice trials that demonstrate memories actually being restored as brain energy levels are brought […]
Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research
An image of a cell, a neoplasm, from the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine, the “Images from the History of Medicine” collection. […]
Butt breathing for when lungs fail
Science News reports on medical doctor and stem cell biologist Takanori Takebe’s quest to build a back-door alternative to invasive, awkward ventilator machines for pneumonia […]
Eye implant reverses blindness
Nature reports on an electronic retinal implant that has successfully allowed people with age-related macular degeneration to see again: The implant, which measures 2 millimetres […]
SONG: What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade)
SONG: “What To Do (On mRNA Immune Checkpoint Blockade)”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “People with some cancers live longer after a […]
Covid vaccine boosts life-saving cancer treatment.
Nature just released a “huh, go figure!” bit of preliminary research showing better outcomes for patients with melanoma or lung cancer who had a COVID-19 […]
AI detects melanoma with 99% accuracy.
Northeastern Global News reports on a positive use for artificial intelligence, with a system that outperforms other techniques by helping doctors spot potentially deadly skin […]
Massive study finds the lifestyle to keep your brain young.
NPR reports on a study of 2,100 ordinary, not super fit people in their 60s and 70s who spent two years on an intensive regimen […]