Category: Lifestyle

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and drink could increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer. This was the conclusion of a large study undertaken by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, based on questionnaires about food behaviors completed by around 8,000 people in Spain. The study, the […]

A small team of researchers from the University of Hagen, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz and the University of Portsmouth has found that false memories planted in the minds of volunteers can be just as easily erased. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes memory […]

“You just have bad cramps,” was the typical response teenager Sarah Swenson heard when she complained about the excruciating pain she experienced every time she had her period. “It felt like someone was stabbing me with a hot poker,” says Sarah, 16, a resident of Madison and a high school junior. Eventually, the pain became […]

In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. In a newly published study in the journal Scientific Reports, the UIC researchers analyzed gene expression in fresh brain […]

Scientists have developed a pioneering new procedure that will help diagnose a potentially lethal fungal lung disease with greater speed and accuracy, and with less distress to the patient. A team of international scientists, including Professor Chris Thornton from the University of Exeter, has created a new diagnostic procedure for pulmonary aspergillosis. Aspergillus is a […]

Glioma is a fatal neurological disorder that has limited interventional treatment, despite extensive research over the past several decades. A research team led by Dr. Gong Chen, a former professor at Penn State University and now leading a brain repair center at Jinan University in China, has developed a novel gene therapy to reprogram glioma […]

Pioneering technology that can deliver real-time and non-invasive resident monitoring and alerts for the aged care industry has been unveiled. The world-first smart monitoring system, REMi, featuring sensor technology developed by RMIT University, has been launched by Australian research and advanced manufacturing company Sleeptite. REMi sees fundamental research taken from the labs of RMIT and […]