Several kinds of frozen beef and chicken taquitos and chimicangas are included in a new public health alert because they may contain plastic. The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the alert Saturday for ready-to-eat products that…
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Brain cell types identified that may push males to fight and have sex
Two groups of nerve cells may serve as “on-off switches” for male mating and aggression, suggests a new study in rodents. These neurons appear to send signals between two parts of the brain—the back tip, or posterior, of the amygdala…
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Scientists report that airborne coronavirus is probably infectious
Scientists have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients when they speak and breathe, but until now there was no proof that these tiny particles are infectious. A new study by scientists…
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Mechanism that may lead to metabolic memory and sustained diabetes complications
For people with diabetes, vascular complications like kidney disease and atherosclerosis, which can lead to poor health and even death, are seen at increased rates. In a new Nature Metabolism study, researchers led by City of Hope’s Rama Natarajan, Ph.D.,…
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Retractions and controversies over coronavirus research show that the process of science is working as it should
Several high-profile papers on COVID-19 research have come under fire from people in the scientific community in recent weeks. Two articles addressing the safety of certain drugs when taken by COVID-19 patients were retracted, and researchers are calling for the…
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Common Fights Couples Have That Are Totally Normal
Couples fight. That’s just a fact. When there’s skin in the game, mutual love and affection and mutual interests (financial, personal, whatever), there will be disagreements. As much as we’d like relationships to be all sunshine, rainbows and roses, the…
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Researchers find that common cancer treatments don’t worsen coronavirus infection
A team of researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) reported on the epidemiology of COVID-19 illness experienced at an NCI-designated cancer center during the height of pandemic in New York City. The characterization of COVID-19 in patients with…
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Scientists generate early stem cells that form human placenta
Despite researchers’ efforts to understand pregnancy — both healthy and high-risk — the human placenta remains something of a mystery. Tissue samples are nearly impossible to obtain until after birth, making it difficult to study the placenta’s role in pregnancy…
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7 Bad Habits That Can Ruin Your Relationship
When you’re in a relationship, you’re more often than not always trying to do what you can to keep it relatively healthy and happy. And of course, unless you’re a complete masochist, you’d never do anything to deliberately sabotage it. …
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Researchers unlock TB vaccine puzzle in findings that could save millions of newborns
An international research team has identified the mechanism behind one of science’s most enduring mysteries: what makes the 100-year-old tuberculosis (TB) vaccine so effective at preventing newborn deaths from diseases other than TB? The ability of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)—one of…
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