Alcohol and cancer
Nature chats with a few researchers about something that’s been known for more than 30 years but is still not really widely accepted – that there’s a demonstrated link… Read the rest “Alcohol and cancer”
medicine
100 days with a titanium heart
Nature reports on a new record from the transplant waiting list, with an Australian patient who spent 100 days waiting for a donor organ with a mechanical heart made of titanium pumping in… Read the rest “100 days with a titanium heart”
A vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
I grew up learning (rightly or wrongly) that pancreatic cancer was “one of the bad ones,” fast-moving and tough to beat. Now, Science Friday is announcing that there’s… Read the rest “A vaccine for pancreatic cancer.”
A vaccine against salmonella
Food Safety Magazine reports on University of Florida researchers who are closing in on a medicine that could prevent potentially lethal, antibiotic-resistant food poisoning …… Read the rest “A vaccine against salmonella”
You are what your great-grandparents didn’t eat
Nautilus looks at the long-term effects of famine — and finds that extreme hunger can affect the bodies of future generations:
… Read the rest “You are what your great-grandparents didn’t eat”To conduct their research, [Tulane pediatric nephrologist
Four people can see clearly thanks to stem-cell transplants
Science Alert reports on a successful experiment that has restored vision to multiple people with cornea damage by using a new stem-cell transplant technique:
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Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.
This is how the the US Navy tried to get recruits to stand tall during World War II, with anatomical studies of slouching. How do you know if you’re slouching? Well, here’s how,… Read the rest “Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.”
Take a look inside by dyeing your skin transparent.
The Guardian reveals a … well, a revealing discovery, that a common food dye can be used to make skin and muscle transparent enough for doctors to spot tumors or diagnose injuries: … Read the rest “Take a look inside by dyeing your skin transparent.”
Prevent AIDS with a couple shots a year.
NPR reports on a big step forward in keeping a deadly disease at bay, with a new treatment for preventing AIDS transmission that, rather than a daily (and easily forgettable) pill, relies… Read the rest “Prevent AIDS with a couple shots a year.”
Shingles vaccine fights dementia.
Forbes has a strange but true example of unintended (but welcome) consequences. It seems like Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine, also offers protection against developing dementia… Read the rest “Shingles vaccine fights dementia.”
A drug to regrow teeth.
Endgadget (via Yahoo! News) has bad news for the Tooth Fairy coming out of Kyoto University, where researchers have a drug for regrowing lost teeth that’s about to enter human trials… Read the rest “A drug to regrow teeth.”
Biking for long life.
Did we just mention exercise slowing down time? NPR has a whole ‘noter story on muscular effort changing the progress of time. This is a survey of studies that find regular bicycling… Read the rest “Biking for long life.”
Orangutan makes his own medicine.
BBC reports on Raku, a Sumatran orangutan, who has become the first non-human animal observed creating medicine – intentionally mashing up plants to create a paste to smear on an … Read the rest “Orangutan makes his own medicine.”
Lower Medicaid, higher crime.
Bolts magazine follows up on studies showing a link between health insurance and crime rates (that is, the less people are insured, the higher crime rates tend to go) by focusing specifically… Read the rest “Lower Medicaid, higher crime.”
Mouth bacteria linked to colon cancer
Scientific American has new research that finds a connection between one subspecies of a bacterium commonly found in our mouths, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and the growth colon cancer,… Read the rest “Mouth bacteria linked to colon cancer”