With one in four adults in the United States suffering from one or more chronic health conditions (including heart disease, diabetes or cancer), it’s clear that ill health has become endemic in the United States. But, according to Dr. Ben Lynch, it doesn’t have to be that way – especially if we effectively deal with […]
Senior author Dr. Tony Perry, from the Department of Biology & Biochemistry at Bath, and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Nature Communications. In the traditional sense, fertilization occurs when a sperm meets a female egg. Once this occurs, the egg “reprograms” the sperm, whereby various chromosomal and DNA changes occur that enable the […]
Dystonia – a neurological movement disorder – is estimated to affect around half a million people in the US and Canada alone. For years, researchers have tried to determine what causes the disorder and find ways to prevent and treat it, but to no avail. Now, investigators from the University of Michigan have created a […]
Characterized by altered consciousness, inhibited sensory activity, and muscle relaxation, virtually all animals need sleep. Humans spend almost one third of their entire life snoozing. Spending a huge amount of time with your eyes closed, unresponsive to external stimuli is a dangerous pastime; especially for animals that are on the menu for local predators. For […]
The team – from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany – reports the findings in the journal Current Biology. Many people – based on their school experience – would probably say that rote learning of long lists is perhaps not the best approach, but the study authors say […]
Foods with a high proportion of animal fat – such as butter, cheese, red meat and fried foods – typically contain saturated fat, which has long been considered unhealthy. Currently, recommendations suggest that no more than 10% of our calorie intake should be made up of saturated fats. Although some scientists have suggested there may […]