Researchers recently confirmed it is possible to extract proteins from 80-million-year-old dinosaur bones. The discovery…
Month: April 2017
Orange essential oil may help alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD will affect about 8 percent of people during their lives. A new study suggests…
Nanosponges lessen severity of streptococcal infections
Researchers have shown that engineered nanosponges can reduce the severity of infections caused by the…
Starvation prompts body temperature, blood sugar changes to tolerate next food limitation
Rats that have experienced past episodes of limited food resources make physiological adaptations that may…
Limiting patient mobility in hospitals may do more harm than good
Despite hospitals’ best efforts, there is little proof that policies to inhibit patient mobility actually…
How walking benefits the brain
You probably know that walking does your body good, but it’s not just your heart…
Wax worm caterpillar will eat plastic shopping bags: New solution to plastic waste?
Generally speaking, plastic is incredibly resistant to breaking down. That’s certainly true of the trillion…
Brain’s power to adapt offers short-term gains, long-term strains
Like air-traffic controllers scrambling to reconnect flights when a major hub goes down, the brain…
Physicians vastly underestimate patients’ willingness to share sexual orientation, study finds
A study that surveyed a national sample of emergency department health care providers and adult…
Physical activity may ward off heart damage
Physical activity can lower the risk of heart damage in middle-aged and older adults and…