Only 1 in 10 people with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries are getting evidence-based, low-cost comprehensive care. Artículo en español. Many don’t even know they have the condition. Only 1 in 10 people with diabetes in the 55 low-…
People with healthier heart structure and function appear to have better cognitive abilities, including increased capacity to solve logic problems and faster reaction times, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London and the Radcliffe Department of Medicine…
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ADDICTION A study published in the scientific journal Addiction provides the most comprehensive evidence to date of the association between recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) in US states and responses in the illegal markets for cannabis, heroin, and…
A person’s stance on abortion is linked to their, often inaccurate, belief about when a fetus can feel pain, a University of Otago study has found. Lead author Emma Harcourt, PhD candidate in Otago’s Centre for Science Communication, says misinformation…
A new study published today in Science finds that children whose parents were exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl accident in 1986 had no more germline mutations than the general population. Effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear accident, which occurred at a power…
Epidemiologist Shanna Swan studied chemical exposure’s impact on health for two decades. Her book “Count Down” uses research to explain how plastics and other substances mess with fertility. If we don’t do something about chemical exposure, it could endanger human…
Since the start of the pandemic, alcohol sales steadily grew in America reaching an all-time high just after the ‘stay at home’ orders were issued. A study by Rose Marie Ward et al. has found that Americans wrote more blackout…
Plant-derived agent shows promise in the treatment of malaria. Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium which is transferred to humans by mosquitos feeding on blood. Plasmodium has evolved to evade the human immune system and survive and replicate inside…
A new study in SLEEP, published by Oxford University Press, demonstrates the significant benefits of later school start times for middle and high school students’ sleep schedules. Sleep is essential to a student’s overall health, social development, and academic achievement, yet…
AD-stricken brains show a genetic deficit in ability to use glucose For years, research to pin down the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s Disease has been focused on plaque found to be building up in the brain in AD patients. But…
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