Category: Education
Asthma drug’s hidden metabolite converts white fat to brown fat
Asthma drug’s hidden metabolite converts white fat to brown fat HCA Facebook Asthma drug’s hidden metabolite converts white fat to brown fat Asthma drug’s hidden metabolite converts white fat to brown fat A study at US-based Scripps Research has highlighted […]
Listening to birdsong reduces anxiety and paranoia
Listening to birdsong reduces anxiety and paranoia HCA Facebook Listening to birdsong reduces anxiety and paranoia Listening to birdsong reduces anxiety and paranoia Surrounding yourself with the light twittering of birds can do you good – at least where your […]
Boosting memory in older adults with online games approach
Boosting memory in older adults with online games approach HCA Facebook Boosting memory in older adults with online games approach Digital platform A functional working memory in adults is essential to navigate life. However, working memory can only store a […]
Eating late increases hunger and decreases calories burned
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) found that late eating increases our appetite and obesity risk, and also affects our energy expenditure and molecular pathways in adipose tissue (fat). Studies have highlighted the simultaneous effects of late eating on […]
Pain relief for back pain by treating spinal nerve with heat
Physicians from UT Southwestern Medical Centre (UT Southwestern) have successfully addressed persistent lower back pain in a number of patients by using heat to carefully numb the nerves in the affected vertebra, which effectively cuts off pain signals. Intercept, developed […]
Behavioural support helps shift teens’ bedtime to improve their sleep
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center (Rush) have found a way to address sleep deprivation in teens by introducing select behavioural measures and interventions. The set-up created by the researchers targeted the teens’ circadian rhythm, and was intended to help […]
Researchers hint at another potential monkey virus spillover to humans
Arteriviruses are an obscure family of viruses endemic in a host of wild African primates – arteriviruses are considered a fatal threat to some species of monkeys. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder), evoking parallels to […]
Dogs can detect odour changes in stressed individuals
Dogs can pick up the smell of stress from human sweat and breath – a fact confirmed by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s), based on a small study on humans and dogs. The “super-sniffer” dogs – named Treo, Fingal, […]
Blood test to detect two types of cancers
Scientists in Israel are working on developing a blood test that can detect pancreatic and colorectal cancer. Although still in the testing phase, the method is reported to be 92% accurate, and could ultimately be adapted to detect other types […]
Scooter riders encouraged to cushion head with their arms
Scooter riders often fail to take any injury preventative measures in the event of accidents, which may result in significant head trauma or brain injury. Chinese researchers who reconstructed electric, self-balancing scooter (ESSs) crash scenarios estimate that approximately half of […]
