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Planned intermittent fasting may help to reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors after three patients in their care, who did this, were able to cut out the need for insulin treatment altogether. Source: Planned intermittent fasting may help reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors
Continue Reading →High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to a heightened risk of developing mouth cancer, suggests the first study of its kind. Source: Air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk
Continue Reading →Young people in England aren’t just drinking less alcohol — a new study shows that more of them are never taking up alcohol at all, and that the increase is widespread among young people. Source: More young people are choosing not to drink alcohol
Continue Reading →New research in a mouse model suggests that the drug rapamycin can reverse autism-like social deficits — but only if given early. The study is the first to shed light on the crucial timing of therapy to improve social impairments in a condition associated with autism spectrum disorder. Its findings could help inform future clinical […]
Continue Reading →Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a growing global health crisis. Now, new research provides crucial details on bacterial defenses and how we could undermine them. Source: The Kahne Lab builds an arsenal to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Continue Reading →Researchers have discovered a micropeptide molecule that can restore normal heart function in mice, according to a new study. Source: Micropeptide restores heart function in mice
Continue Reading →Scientists have modeled the first step in human development in a laboratory with the goal of better understanding how organs form. In the new study, the researchers edited groups of human pluripotent stem cells to silence genes important for cellular mechanics. The alterations prompted the cells to move around and self-organize until they were divided […]
Continue Reading →In an era of fact-checking and ‘alternative facts,’ many people simply choose not to believe research findings and other established facts, according to a new article. Source: Even when presented with facts, supported by evidence, many choose not to believe them
Continue Reading →DNA from people who suffer from major depression is biologically older than that of healthy people by on average 8 months, suggesting that they are biologically older than their corresponding calendar age. This effect was greater in people who have had childhood trauma, such as violence, neglect or sexual abuse, who show a biological age […]
Continue Reading →Researchers have developed two new illusions that reveal how the senses can influence each other — in particular, how sound can give rise to visual illusions. These illusions occur so quickly that they illustrate a phenomenon called postdiction (as opposed to prediction) in which a stimulus that occurs later can retroactively affect our perceptions of […]
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