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• One in every six deaths in young adults is opioid-related: Study

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 27, 2018

    Rate of opioid-related deaths in Ontario has tripled in past fifteen years, with most significant increase in young adults St. Michael’s Hospital IMAGE: Dr. Tara Gomes is a researcher at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s… Read More ›

• Common class of drugs linked to dementia even when taken 20 years before diagnosis

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 27, 2018

  Public Release: 25-Apr-2018   Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – The largest and most detailed study of the long-term impact of anticholinergic drugs, a class of drugs commonly prescribed in the United States and United Kingdom as antidepressants and incontinence medications, has… Read More ›

• Drinking baking soda could help combat autoimmune disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 25, 2018

  Drinking baking soda could help combat autoimmune disease Drinking baking soda could help combat autoimmune disease A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say. Citation: Oral NaHCO3 Activates… Read More ›

• New app could make cannabis use safer

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2018

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2018 ‘Am I Stoned’ app designed to help users understand their impairment Experimental Biology 2018 IMAGE: A test of tapping speed helps app users assess their level of impairment from marijuana use. Credit: Harriet de Wit Although cannabis,… Read More ›

• By 2040, artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2018

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2018   RAND Corporation A new RAND Corporation paper finds that artificial intelligence has the potential to upend the foundations of nuclear deterrence by the year 2040. While AI-controlled doomsday machines are considered unlikely, the hazards of artificial… Read More ›

• 2.7 billion tweets confirm: Echo chambers on Twitter are very real

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2018

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2018   Bipartisan users, who try to bridge the echo chambers, need to pay a price for their work: They become less central in their own network, lose connections to their communities and receive less endorsements from other… Read More ›

• Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to pneumonia in older adults

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2018

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2018 American Geriatrics Society Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a statistical link between pneumonia in older people and a group of medicines commonly used to neutralize stomach acid in people with heartburn or stomach ulcers…. Read More ›

• Found: A new form of DNA in our cells (**NOT** a double-stranded DNA double helix)

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 23, 2018

  Public Release: 23-Apr-2018   Scientists have tracked down an elusive ‘tangled knot’ of DNA Garvan Institute of Medical Research IMAGE: This is an artist’s impression of the i-motif DNA structure inside cells, along with the antibody-based tool used to detect… Read More ›

• Multiple sclerosis may be linked to sheep disease toxin

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 23, 2018

  Public Release: 22-Apr-2018   University of Exeter Exposure to a toxin primarily found in sheep could be linked to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans, new research suggests. Carried out by the University of Exeter and MS Sciences… Read More ›

• Mystery of the HIV Cure trial?

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 21, 2018

  Mystery of the HIV Cure trial? Mystery of the HIV Cure trial? **Before you proceed the company which initially started the trial went bankrupt and most of the records have been lost, except the trial participants which have all been… Read More ›

• Skin cancers linked with up to a 92% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 20, 2018

  Public Release: 19-Apr-2018   Wiley Previous studies have demonstrated a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in individuals with various cancers, including non-melanoma skin cancers (including squamous cell cancers and basal cell cancers). A new Journal of the European Academy… Read More ›

• Study predicts 2018 flu vaccine will have 20 percent efficacy

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 20, 2018

  Public Release: 19-Apr-2018 Rice U. study finds egg adaptations will limit efficacy of new flu vaccine Rice University IMAGE: Michael Deem and Melia Bonomo. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University study predicts that this fall’s flu vaccine — a… Read More ›

• Raw Foods result in Greater Happiness then Processed Foods

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 18, 2018

  Raw Foods result in Greater Happiness then Processed Foods Raw Foods result in Greater Happiness then Processed Foods “Our research has highlighted that the consumption of fruit and vegetables in their ‘unmodified’ state is more strongly associated with better mental… Read More ›

• Education, not income, the best predictor of a long life

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 17, 2018

  Public Release: 16-Apr-2018 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IMAGE: This is a curve showing the relationship between income and life expectancy in 1970, 1990 and 2010. Credit: © Lutz/Kebede Rising income and the subsequent improved standards of living have… Read More ›

• Is it time to abandon the Nobel Prize?

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 17, 2018

  Public Release: 16-Apr-2018 De Gruyter In a commentary piece published in De Gruyter’s journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, authors Clare Fiala and Eleftherios P. Diamandis spawned a debate now further nourished by recent disclosures. Fiala and Diamandis argue that… Read More ›

• Post-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 17, 2018

  Public Release: 16-Apr-2018   Rats given morphine experienced pain-reactivity for three weeks longer, inflammatory changes in spinal cord University of Colorado at Boulder Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and… Read More ›

• Moss capable of removing arsenic from drinking water discovered within 1 hour

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 16, 2018

  Public Release: 16-Apr-2018   Stockholm University IMAGE: This is aquatic moss in Stockholm University greenhouse. Credit: Arifin Sandhi A moss capable of removing arsenic from contaminated water has been discovered by researchers from Stockholm University. And it happens quickly –… Read More ›

• Wine Polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 14, 2018

  Wine Polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease Polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease The researchers checked out the effect of two red wine polyphenols, as well as commercially available grape… Read More ›

• New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 12, 2018

  Public Release: 12-Apr-2018   Results support a public health approach to hepatitis C Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative   IMAGE: STORM-C-1 : SVR12 rates overall and per pre-defined sub groups-Intend to treat analysis. Credit: DNDi PARIS, 12 April 2018 –… Read More ›

• Antioxidants and amino acids could play role in mental illness

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 11, 2018

  Antioxidants and amino acids could play role in mental illness The systematic review involved eight independent clinical trials of nutrient supplementation in 457 young people. The review primarily covered ‘first-episode psychosis’ (FEP) as well as schizophrenia and a myriad of… Read More ›

• A cosmic gorilla effect could blind the detection of aliens

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 10, 2018

  

  Public Release: 10-Apr-2018 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology IMAGE: Inside the Occator crater of the dwarf planet Ceres appears a strange structure, looking like a square inside a triangle. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A well-known experiment with… Read More ›

• Geoengineering risks losers as well as winners for climate and wildfire risks

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 10, 2018

  Public Release: 9-Apr-2018   University of Exeter Artificially altering the climate system to limit global warming to 1.5C could increase the risks of wildfires in some areas, new research suggests. While the international community is already aiming to limit global… Read More ›

• Rats sniff out TB in children

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 10, 2018

  Public Release: 9-Apr-2018   Research shows that rats can detect tuberculosis in children with higher accuracy than standard microscopy tests Springer Rats are able to detect whether a child has tuberculosis (TB), and are much more successful at doing this… Read More ›

• Food packaging could be negatively affecting nutrient absorption in your body

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 10, 2018

  Public Release: 9-Apr-2018   Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which your digestive tract operates, according to new research by faculty and students at Binghamton University, State University at New York. “We… Read More ›

• Elderly grow just as many new Brain Cells as the young

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 7, 2018

  Elderly grow just as many new Brain Cells as the young Elderly grow just as many new Brain Cells as the young Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new… Read More ›

• Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 7, 2018

  Public Release: 5-Apr-2018   Cell Press Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people. There has been controversy over whether adult humans grow new neurons,… Read More ›

• ‘Coffee filter’ helps make new cancer drug Z-endoxifen 1,000 times cheaper

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 7, 2018

  Public Release: 5-Apr-2018   Thorough analysis of synthesis reveals much cheaper purification route Eindhoven University of Technology   Making drugs cheaper doesn’t always require pricey investments. A joint initiative by researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Dutch company… Read More ›

• High omega-6 levels protect greatly against premature death

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 4, 2018

  

  High omega-6 levels protect greatly against premature death Researchers discovered that the risk of premature death was 43% lower in the group with the highest level of Omega-6, when compared to the group with the lowest level. Serum n–6 polyunsaturated… Read More ›

• Ancient origins of viruses discovered

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 4, 2018

  Public Release: 4-Apr-2018   New study transforms understanding of virus origins and evolution University of Sydney Research published today in Nature has found that many of the viruses infecting us today have ancient evolutionary histories that date back to the… Read More ›

• We’ll pay more for unhealthy foods we crave, neuroscience research finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 3, 2018

  Public Release: 2-Apr-2018   New York University We’ll pay more for unhealthy foods when we crave them, new neuroscience research finds. The study also shows that we’re willing to pay disproportionately more for higher portion sizes of craved food items…. Read More ›

• Type 1 Diabetes Reversed with New Beta Cell Implant (Animal Model)

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 31, 2018

  

  Type 1 Diabetes Reversed with New Beta Cell Implant (Animal Model) Researchers have successfully created a novel biomaterial that can be seeded with insulin-producing beta cells. Implantation of the beta cell-seeded biomaterial reversed diabetes in a mouse model by effectively… Read More ›

• Beet Compound could have a key role in ‘Alzheimer’s disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 28, 2018

  

  Beet Compound could have a key role in ‘Alzheimer’s disease Beet Compound could have a key role in ‘Alzheimer’s disease A compound in beets that gives the vegetable its distinctive red color ( Betanin ) could eventually help slow the… Read More ›

• Paralysis Reversed, neuroprosthetic rehabilitation (Animal Study)

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 24, 2018

  

  Paralysis Reversed, neuroprosthetic rehabilitation (Animal Study) Paralysis Reversed, neuroprosthetic rehabilitation (Animal Study) The therapy triggers the growth of new connections from the motor cortex into the brain stem and from the brain stem into the spinal cord, thus reconnecting the… Read More ›

• One in 10 people have traces of cocaine or heroin on their fingerprints

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2018

  Public Release: 22-Mar-2018 University of Surrey Scientists have found that drugs are now so prevalent that 13 per cent of those taking part in a test were found to have traces of class A drugs on their fingerprints – despite… Read More ›

• The Six Inch Tall ‘Atacama Skeleton’ was indeed human

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2018

  Public Release: 22-Mar-2018 Once-mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ illuminates genetics of bone disease UCSF, Stanford scientists sequence genome of ‘Ata’ and find new mutations University of California – San Francisco The skeleton, discovered in a leather pouch behind an abandoned church, was… Read More ›

• 90 percent of pregnant women may have detectable levels of herbicides

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2018

  Public Release: 22-Mar-2018 Study finds direct evidence of exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS — The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in… Read More ›

• Why has mumps reemerged in the United States?

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2018

  Public Release: 21-Mar-2018   American Association for the Advancement of Science A recent resurgence in mumps cases in the U.S. may be due to weakening immune protection from the mumps vaccine, researchers report. They say the results of their modeling… Read More ›

• Major US prostate cancer study, heavily flawed and maybe useless

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2018

  Public Release: 21-Mar-2018 Analysis shows influential US prostate study not representative of real-world patients European Association of Urology Copenhagen: An analysis of 3 US cancer databases has shown that a major US study comparing surgery with observation in early prostate… Read More ›

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Possible Breakthrough Treatment

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2018

  

  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Possible Breakthrough Treatment Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Possible Breakthrough Treatment A new study reveals that chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating condition with unknown causes, can be explained by lower thyroid levels — but may be distinct from thyroidal… Read More ›

• LSD blurs boundary between self and other

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2018

  Public Release: 19-Mar-2018   Human brain imaging study of the drug identifies a serotonin receptor system as potential target for treating social impairments in depression, schizophrenia Society for Neuroscience   IMAGE: LSD reduced activity in the posterior cingulate cortex and… Read More ›

• Wolovick: Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2018

  Public Release: 19-Mar-2018   A Princeton University researcher suggests a radical solution to prevent catastrophic glacial melting. Princeton University Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment… Read More ›

• Cancer comes back all jacked up on stem cells

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2018

  Public Release: 19-Mar-2018 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus   IMAGE: Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD, and University of Colorado Cancer Center colleagues analyze three tumor samples collected over time from a single patient to show how cancer evolves to resist… Read More ›

• Omega-3 levels better predictors of death risk than cholesterol

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 19, 2018

  

  Omega-3 levels better predictors of death risk than cholesterol Results showed that the risk for death from any cause was reduced by about 33% comparing in participants with highest omega-3 blood levels while total serum cholesterol was not significantly associated… Read More ›

• Modern humans interbred with Denisovans twice in history

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2018

  Public Release: 15-Mar-2018 Cell Press IMAGE: This graphical abstract shows two waves of Denisovan ancestry have shaped present-day humans. Credit: Browning et al./Cell Modern humans co-existed and interbred not only with Neanderthals, but also with another species of archaic humans,… Read More ›

• Artificial sweetener Splenda could intensify symptoms in those with Crohn’s disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2018

  Public Release: 15-Mar-2018   Promotes ‘bad’ bacteria and intestinal inflammation; findings may guide dietary habits in human patients Case Western Reserve University In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School… Read More ›

• Death rates mysteriously skyrocket in England and Wales

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2018

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2018 Health chiefs failing to investigate rising deaths in England and Wales, argue experts Latest figures show over 10,000 extra deaths in first weeks of 2018 compared with previous years Health chiefs are failing to investigate a clear… Read More ›

• Eating Nuts may dramatically improve Colon Cancer outcomes

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2018

  

  Eating Nuts may dramatically improve Colon Cancer outcomes   Those who regularly consumed at least two, one-ounce servings of nuts each week demonstrated a 42% improvement in disease-free survival and a 57% improvement in overall survival. Nut Consumption and Survival… Read More ›

• One in four Americans suffer when exposed to common chemicals

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2018

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2018   University of Melbourne research reveals that one in four Americans report chemical sensitivity, with nearly half this group medically diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), suffering health problems from exposure to common chemical product University of… Read More ›

• Humans flourished through super volcano 74,000 years ago, study finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2018

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2018   How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history University of Nevada, Las Vegas Our ancestors not… Read More ›

• Russian physicists make toy asteroids and blast them with a laser (Actual Technical Illustration: Courtesy Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 13, 2018

  

  Public Release: 13-Mar-2018 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology IMAGE: This is an image of asteroid destruction. A large team of Russian researchers from Rosatom, joined by three MIPT physicists, has modeled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an… Read More ›

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