A shared past for East Africa’s hunter-gatherers EurekAlert
Research led by University of Pennsylvania scientists offers a new look at African genetic diversity, with data from 50 populations. Among other insights, their …
Medical detection dogs can sniff out diabetes – Science Focus BBC Focus Magazine
The sweet smell of success: dogs are a diabetic’s best friend.
Revealed: The damage from too many headers IOL
New academic research has found that an intense period of heading footballs can cause short-term memory loss and eye focus, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
New Type of E-Cig as Bad as Regular Cigarette for Your Lungs Healthline
A new type of tobacco product called “heat-not-burn” are the most novel iteration of electronic smoking. But unlike e-cigarettes and vaporizers, they don’t use …
After twin-astronaut tests, NASA readies new wave of studies on space health risks GeekWire
Almost three years after NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned from a year in orbit, researchers are still poring over the data collected during an unprecedented …
Major medical journals don’t follow their own rules for reporting results from clinical trials Science Magazine
It’s a well-known problem with clinical trials: Researchers start out saying they will look for a particular outcome—heart attacks, for example—but then report …
Reality check: Can cat poop cause mental illness? Science Magazine
Science breaks down the evidence on the link between Toxoplasma gondii and mental illness.
Electronic tool has potential to improve asthma care, study finds EurekAlert
A new electronic decision support tool for managing asthma has the potential to improve the quality of asthma care in primary care settings, suggests a study led …
UW study: Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer EurekAlert
Exposure to glyphosate — the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — increases the risk of …
Poor sleep could clog your arteries. A mouse study shows how that might happen Science Magazine
Rough sleep is bad for your mind—and your heart. It can increase the risk of clogged arteries, which can lead to stroke or heart attacks. But how these two things …