Artificial Intelligence Could Crack the Language of Cancer and Alzheimer’s
St. John’s College, University of Cambridge via EurekAlert – Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can ‘predict’ the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative…
Helpful Foods to Support People with Autism
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit autism in a…
Accelerated Cellular Aging Associated With Mortality Seen in Depressed Individuals
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research via EurekAlert – Cells from healthy individuals with major depressive disorder were found to have higher than expected rates of…
Pain Is Always a Perception’: Physical Therapy Can Help Prevent, Treat Opioid Use Disorder
West Virginia University via EurekAlert – When you think of ways to treat opioid use disorder, you might think methadone clinics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. You…
Leaky Gut and Microbial Dysbiosis Could Contribute to Cytokine Storm in Severely Ill COVID-19 Cases
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical – As the world approaches the grim milestone of three million deaths from COVID-19 disease, a new preprint research…
Childhood Brain Tumors Linked to Mother’s Exposure to Pesticides
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health via Newswise – LOS ANGELES (April 2, 2021) – Research published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research suggests that exposure…
Fighting Autism Brain Inflammation with Food
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via NutritionFacts – One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial…
Landmark Discovery May Lead to Safe, Effective Antiviral Drugs Against COVID-19
Argonne National Laboratory via News-Medical – The COVID-19 vaccines currently rolling out are providing hope that the spread of the disease can be halted. But infection…
WARNING: Artificial Colors Trigger Unwanted Human Behavior
Sima Ash via NaturalHealth365 – In the 1970s, Dr. Ben F. Feingold, a physician out of Kaiser Permanente, noticed the link between behavior and artificial colors. …
BrainGate: First Human Use of High-Bandwidth Wireless Brain-Computer Interface
Brown University via Newswise – PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University and Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center] — Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people…
Less Sugar, Please! New Studies Show Low Glucose Levels Might Assist Muscle Repair
Tokyo Metropolitan University via EurekAlert – Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that skeletal muscle satellite cells, key players in muscle repair,…
Science-Backed Benefits of Forest Walking That Will Surprise You
Karen Sanders via NaturalHealth365 – There is strong scientific evidence coming out of Japan about the anticancer effects of shinrin-yoku or forest bathing. In fact, according…
How Fortnite and Zelda Can Up Your Surgical Game (No Joke!)
University of Ottowa via EurekAlert – Scalpel? Check. Gaming console? Check. Study finds video games can be a new tool on surgical tray for medical…
Fungi Could Manipulate Bacteria to Enrich Soil with Nutrients
Boyce Thompson Institute via EurekAlert – ITHACA, NY, April 2, 2021 – A team of researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) has discovered a distinct…
Bacteria in Cancer Cells Can Be Harnessed to Fight Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The immune system can find bacteria residing within cancer cells and harness them to provoke an immune reaction against…