Tens of millions of Americans will find it substantially more affordable to buy their own health insurance starting this month, thanks to generous financial help included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) signed by President Joe Biden in March….
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Brain cells decide on their own when to release pleasure hormone
In addition to smoothing out wrinkles, researchers have found that the drug Botox can reveal the inner workings of the brain. A new study used it to show that feedback from individual nerve cells controls the release of dopamine, a…
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First lab-grown mini-thyroids use patients’ own tissue
Hormones produced by the thyroid gland are essential regulators of organ function. The absence of these hormones either through thyroid dysfunction due to, for example, irradiation, thyroid cancer or autoimmune disease or thyroidectomy leads to symptoms like fatigue, feeling cold,…
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A Kickboxer Just Broke His Own World Record for Most Punches in 1 Minute
A kickboxer has set a new Guinness World Record for performing the most full extension punches in one minute. Pavel Trusov from Bratislava, Slovakia, completed a staggeringly rapid 334 reps in November 2020, breaking his own previous world record of…
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39% Of People Agree That This Is The Best Winter Accessory You Can Own
Holiday movies set during winter always make the chilly season sound like a fairy tale. Between shots of people drinking hot cocoa, having snow fights, and curling in front of the fireplace, watching these movies on repeat can genuinely make you wish…
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COVID-19 causes some patients’ immune systems to attack their own bodies
Across the world, immunologists who retooled their labs to join the fight against SARS-CoV-2 are furiously trying to explain why some people get so sick while others recover unscathed. The pace is dizzying, but some clear trends have emerged. One…
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Negative side effects of opioids could be coming from users’ own immune systems
In addition to possibly developing opioid use disorder, those who take opioids long term, including patients who have been prescribed the drugs for pain relief, can develop chronic inflammation and heightened pain sensitivity. Scientists now report in a pilot study…
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Children reveal what they really think of adults – in their own research paper
Every parent knows that sometimes your child says something that stops you in your tracks. Such a moment came for one of us, Emma Maynard, when her son Oscar was approaching his year 6 SATS tests at the end of…
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Q&A: Canker sores often go away on their own, are not contagious
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Every few months, my teenage son gets canker sores in the back of his throat that really bother him and last for about a week. Is there something that he can do to prevent them? Will this…
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Entrepreneur who fought her own tumours has written a moving book
Entrepreneur who fought her own deadly tumours has written a moving book to stop cancer ravaging your mind as well as your body Suki Thompson diagnosed with breast cancer within year of divorce in 2008 She developed melanoma in 2013,…
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