A new study from the University of Iowa published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that some people considered to be a normal weight could unknowingly be at high risk for obesity-related health issues. Source: Waist size is a forgotten factor in defining obesity  

Low doses of radiation equivalent to three CT scans, which are considered safe, give cancer-capable cells a competitive advantage over normal cells. Researchers studied the effects of low doses of radiation in mice and found it increases the number of cells with mutations in p53, a well-known genetic change associated with cancer. However, giving the…

A new study from Ohio University shows that more than 1 million years of life were lost in Ohio from overdose deaths between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2018. Source: Ohioans have lost more than 1 million years of life due to drug overdose since 2009

For nearly a century, life expectancy in the United States has been increasing. By contrast, research from Irma Elo and Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania shows that mortality numbers for non-Hispanic whites in the US are now rising, especially for women, 25- to 44-year-olds, and people living in rural areas. Source: For non-Hispanic…

Feline hyperthyroidism is the most common endocrine-related disease of older cats, and its prevalence has skyrocketed since the first case was diagnosed in 1979. At the same time, new household flame retardants were introduced, and recently, scientists have suspected a link. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have associated hyperthyroidism with another…

Prozac®, the trade name for the drug fluoxetine, was introduced to the US market for the treatment of depression in 1988. Thirty years later, scientists still don’t know exactly how the medication exerts its mood-lifting effects. Now, researchers report that, in addition to the drug’s known action on serotonin receptors, fluoxetine could rearrange nerve fibers…

Researchers from the Yokohama National University have teleported quantum information securely within the confines of a diamond. The study has big implications for quantum information technology — the future of how sensitive information is shared and stored. The researchers published their results on June 28, 2019 in Communications Physics. Source: Researchers teleport information within a…

A study with 2,147 children explored the association between prenatal exposure to methylmercury, intellectual coefficient at 8 years of age, and genotype Source: Up to 30% of children carry a gene variant that may increase susceptibility to methylmercury

A study in rats has revealed the presence of naturally occurring DMT, an increasingly popular hallucinogen. Source: ‘Mystical’ psychedelic compound found in normal brains

Residential density is related to children’s motor skills, engagement in outdoor play and organised sports. that Finnish children living in the countryside spent more time outdoors and had better motor skills than their age peers in the metropolitan area. On the other hand, children living in the metropolitan area participated the most in organised sports.…

The International Space Station, like all human habitats in space, has a nagging mold problem. Astronauts on the ISS spend hours every week cleaning the inside of the station’s walls to prevent mold from becoming a health problem. New research being presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference, co-hosted by AGU and NASA June 24-28,…

It happens unexpectedly: a person long thought lost to the ravages of dementia, unable to recall the events of their lives or even recognize those closest to them, will suddenly wake up and exhibit surprisingly normal behavior, only to pass away shortly thereafter. This phenomenon, which experts refer to as terminal or paradoxical lucidity, has…