Take a nice, deep breath. Now imagine your lungs: Myriad airways like branches, each with tiny alveoli-like leaves. This alveolar structure is key to the absorption of oxygen and excretion of carbon dioxide that we call “breath.” As we breathe,…
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Increased risk of dying from infectious diseases for people with serious mental disorders
People with psychotic or bipolar disorders run a significantly higher risk of hospitalization and death from influenza, pneumonia or sepsis. This is what a new register study at Umeå University is showing. “In certain age groups, the proportion of deaths…
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Join Us in a Week of Action for Farm Animals!
Thanksgiving is a time of year dedicated to expressing gratitude for the things we cherish most in life. Friends and families gather to share a meal that often entails days or even weeks of planning. However, that same care and…
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The Incredible Networth Of Your All Time Favorite Celebrities
We all know Chef Ramsay with his hellish attitude in the kitchen but it’s undeniable that his cooking skills are a blessing from heaven. It will not be an exaggeration to say that he has built quite an empire ever…
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Study: Levels of glyphosate represent low health risk to breastfeeding mothers in Spain
A study by the Food Safety Department of the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region—FISABIO, has established that breastfeeding women in Spain are widely exposed to the herbicide glyphosate, though the levels in urine…
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Mapping the effects of genetic variation, one letter at a time
In the two decades since the human genome was first sequenced, scientists have learned much about how the genome is organized and how widely it varies between people around the globe. A better view of how that genetic variation influences…
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Denied care, millions of Americans condemned to toothache
Swollen gums, rotten teeth, patients in excruciating pain, children afraid to smile. This is what Roslyn Kellum and her colleagues see when they crisscross the United States in a trailer van to provide much needed oral care to tens of…
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Handful of companies could prevent around 300 deaths a year by cutting salt in these products
New research suggests around 300 deaths a year could be avoided if just five Aussie food manufacturers cut salt in packaged foods such as processed meat, bread, chicken nuggets and sausages down to government target levels. Of these five companies…
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Use of stimulants in older adults associated with higher risk for cardiovascular events in first month
New research led by Mina Tadrous, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto shows that use of prescription stimulant medications in older adults increased the risk of a cardiovascular events by 40 per cent within the first…
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Genetic testing of the siblings of newborns with cancer genes could reduce rare pediatric cancer deaths by half
Genetic testing of the siblings of newborns found to have mutations in any one of 11 genes most commonly associated with childhood-onset cancers could reduce deaths from these rare cancers by about 50%, suggests a study funded by the National…
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