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MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 — Could the main ingredient found in chocolate super-charge your brain, help young, healthy adults think better, faster and more efficiently? Just maybe, according to a small new study out of Britain. The finding is based on work with 18 healthy men, aged 18 to 45. All underwent brain scans and […]
From the first cases in central China to hopes of a vaccine a year later, here are a dozen key developments in the spread and subsequent fight against COVID-19. First death On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) is alerted to a cluster of pneumonia cases “of unknown cause” in the central Chinese […]
November has brought encouraging news about several COVID-19 vaccines. But members of the general public will probably not be vaccinated before the spring or summer of 2021 at the earliest. Americans will be living with this pandemic for some time to come. We are a microbiologist and a water policy specialist, and believe that wastewater-based […]
How to do a full workout in just 24 minutes: JOE WICKS sets out eight exercises that aim to elevate your heart rate as much as possible Each exercise should last 30 seconds, with the sequence repeated three times Joe Wicks recommends aiming for maximum effort and setting a timer on phone He says aim […]
Room for a few more? Ricky Martin‘s family of six could get even bigger in the future — but his husband, Jwan Yosef, might need some time to adjust to the idea. Celeb Parents With Big Broods The “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer, 48, told Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, November 18, that he’s already prepared […]
Utah scientists have discovered new functions of a key cellular machine that regulates gene packaging and is mutated in 20% of human cancers. The study was published in print today in the journal Molecular Cell. Genes are segments of cellular DNA, and gene packaging is called chromatin. Genes are tightly packaged when they are not […]
The football teams taking the field on Thanksgiving will bring shrewd strategies and meticulous game plans to make sure they finish the day healthy and successful. As we tackle one of the year’s biggest feasts, should we do the same? On the one hand, it’s just one day. “If you spend the majority of your […]
With COVID-19 infections spiking again at an alarming rate, Chicago is scrambling to catch up to other cities forecasting outbreaks by analyzing human waste flushed down thousands of toilets. Signs of the novel coronavirus show up in sewers about a week before people surge into hospitals with symptoms of the disease, which during the past […]
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, and metastasis from the breast to other areas of the body is the leading cause of death in these patients. Detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream could help doctors find and treat metastases at an earlier stage, increasing chances of survival. Now, researchers […]
A medication used to treat diabetes is able to reduce hospitalizations and cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure by 33 percent, suggests a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The multinational trial demonstrated that sotagliflozin, a diabetes medication, is effective when used as a therapy for patients with worsening heart […]