Historical bias overlooks genes related to COVID-19
Based on genome-wide experiments, the human body has 2,064 genes relevant to COVID-19. So why are researchers only studying 611 of them? A historical bias...
Cocoa flavanols boost brain oxygenation, cognition in healthy adults
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed...
Can drinking cocoa make you smarter?
Increased consumption of flavanols - a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruit and vegetables - can increase your mental agility, according to new...
Young people’s anxiety levels doubled during first COVID-19 lockdown, says study
The number of young people with anxiety doubled from 13 per cent to 24 per cent, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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23% Wrinkle Reduction with Ataulfo Mangoes
https://youtu.be/MZsoXGawDNs Postmenopausal women who ate a half cup of Ataulfo mangoes four times a week saw a 23 percent decrease in deep wrinkles after two...
COVID-19 second wave in Myanmar causes dramatic increases in poverty
Yangon, Myanmar: In September 2020, 59 percent of 1000 households surveyed in urban Yangon and 66 percent of 1000 households surveyed in the rural Dry...
Study involving seven children’s hospitals shows COVID-19 typically mild in children
Philadelphia, November 23, 2020--In the largest U.S. study of its kind to date, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and other PEDSnet sites report...
Diabetes set to devastate India’s metropolitan cities, with more than half of
Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some...
COVID-19 cases could nearly double before Biden takes office
President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic will be an immediate priority for his administration. He recently announced a coronavirus advisory board...
The drug aprotinin inhibits entry of SARS-CoV2 in host cells
FRANKFURT. The surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is studded with spike proteins. The virus needs these in order to dock onto proteins (ACE2 receptors) on...
Antimicrobial soap additive worsens fatty liver disease in mice
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found evidence that triclosan -- an antimicrobial found in many soaps and other household items --...
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COVID-19 Surgical Mask Random Trial Offer Little to No Protection, British Gov’t Wrong on most Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUftAA0KBf8 This week we run the data analytics on Face Coverings and Country Stats using Seaborn and Pandas as well as cover the DANMASK-19 randomized...
Glyphosate and the shikimate pathway
Glyphosate is the most commonly used broad-spectrum herbicide. Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland have developed a new bioinformatics tool to predict if...
SFU researchers examine which approaches are most effective at reducing COVID-19 spread
Simon Fraser University professors Paul Tupper and Caroline Colijn have found that physical distancing is universally effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19, while social...
Folding of SARS-CoV2 genome reveals drug targets — and preparation for ‘SARS-CoV3’
The genetic code of the SARS-CoV2 virus is exactly 29,902 characters long, strung through a long RNA molecule. It contains the information for the production...
How the polio vaccine virus occasionally becomes dangerous
While the world reels from the spread of SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus behind COVID-19, a much older and previously feared scourge--poliovirus--is close to being completely...
Patients strongly favor banning bacon in hospitals, according to new survey
WASHINGTON--A majority of hospitalized patients favor eliminating processed meats--including bacon, deli meat, and sausage--from hospital menus to reduce cancer risk, according to a new survey...
Social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic linked with high blood pressure
Buenos Aires, Argentina 19 November 2020: Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to...
Bed dust microorganisms may boost children’s health
In the most extensive study of its kind, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Pediatric Asthma Center at Herlev and...
Can eating mangoes reduce women’s facial wrinkles?
Mangoes, like other orange fruits and vegetables, are rich in beta-carotene and provide antioxidants that may delay cell damage. A new study from researchers at the University...