Category: Education
Multinational study highlights importance of oral mucositis management
A new study titled ADOPT (Awareness Drives Oral Mucositis PercepTive) has emphasized an opportunity to improve the wellbeing of patients undergoing cancer treatment through stronger proactive management of oral mucositis (OM). OM is a common side effect of cancer treatment […]
Exercise may improve post-learning processes
A series of Dutch experiments linked aerobic exercises that are completed four hours after a memorization to improved recall. According to the study team, newly-learned information turns into long-term knowledge through a process of stabilization and integration of memories. This […]
IBS announces significant colon cancer treatment breakthrough
A research team from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), headed by the Center’s director MyungKyungjae, were able to successfully inhibit the growth of colon tumors in mice with mismatch repair deficiency. The team’s manuscript was published in the American […]
Canadian men’s health week focuses on the effects of lifestyle choices
Canadian Men’s Health Foundation has released a study highlighting the damaging effects of lifestyle choices on men’s health and wealth to kick things off for men’s health week. Only 30% of a man’s health is tied to his genetics while […]
AMA urge for later school start times to avoid teen sleep deprivation
The American Medical Association (AMA) urges starting school times later in the morning so teenagers can get enough sleep. The AMA said in a new policy that middle and high schools should start at 8:30 AM at the earliest because […]
Human-pig chimeric embryos could transform organ transplant future
Scientists from the US are injecting pig embryos with human stem cells to produce human-pig embryos called chimera. This is part of the research aimed at solving the worldwide shortage of transplant organs. The University of California, Davis team says […]
Explosive contractions are best way to strengthen muscles – study
Dr. Jonathan Folland, Reader in Human Performance and Neuromuscular Physiology at Loughborough University, led the first study to directly compare sustained contractions lasting three seconds with short, explosive contractions lasting less than one second. One of the well-known ways of […]
Researchers develop game-changing animal model for HIV vaccine research
We look to vaccines as medicine’s best defense against the world’s deadliest microbes. But HIV is so mutable that it has effectively evaded both the human immune system and scientists’ attempts to make an effective vaccine to protect against it. […]
Boost exercise time with caffeine
You’ve seen people stroll into the gym with a Starbucks cup in hand, then proceeding to bust out a PR on their deadlift or acing a sprint workout on the treadmill. Turns out they’ve been onto something. Research shows that […]
Researchers develop new material that kills E.coli in 30 secs
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have developed a new material that can effectively kill the E. coli bacteria within 30 seconds. “The global threat of drug-resistant bacteria has […]
