Category: Features
Researchers aim to sniff out Parkinson’s disease
A new project by Parkinson’s UK diagnoses the disease using the most unusual of tests: by sniffing the patient. Researchers believe that Parkinson’s disease may cause changes in the sebum – an oily substance in the skin – of people […]
Children who took antibiotics gain more weight
Kids who receive antibiotics throughout the course of their childhoods gain weight faster than those who don’t, according to new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research. The findings, published online in the International Journal of Obesity, suggest that […]
New test predicts if breast cancer will spread to the brain
A new test developed by The Institute of Cancer Research, London can identify if breast cancer will spread to a person’s brain. An analysis of almost 4,000 patients with breast cancer found that testing for high activity in a particular […]
Sleep flushes out brain toxins
A study suggests that a good night’s sleep is the brain’s “waste removal system” that flushes out toxins from a day’s worth of thinking. Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Centre showed that brain cells shrink during sleep to […]
Drug to survive blood loss closer to reality
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will launch the first human trials of a drug that may help patients with severe bleeding survive long enough to get to appropriate medical care. The drug, EE-3-SO4, is derived from female estrogen […]
Gratitude leads to happier marriages
Saying “thank you” may be the key to a lasting marriage, a new study says. “We found that feeling appreciated and believing that your spouse values you directly influences how you feel about your marriage, how committed you are to […]
Moles on your right arm can gauge skin cancer risk
Researchers at King’s College London found that having more than 11 moles on your right arm is a red flag for skin cancer. Scientists found that females with more than seven moles on their right arm had nine times the […]
Mindful people are skinnier
A study of nearly 400 people finds that those who exhibited more ‘dispositional mindfulness’, or awareness of and attention to their current feelings and thoughts, were less likely to be obese and had less abdominal fat than people who did […]
Birth order has little effect on personality
Psychologists from Leipzig and Mainz analyzed central personality traits of over 20,000 grown-ups from Germany, the USA, and Great Britain, and found out that birth order has little effect on personality. According to commonly-held beliefs, firstborns are supposedly perfectionists, while […]
Test detects asthma before symptoms show
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that a commonly used pulmonary lung function test can provide early detection of asthma before a child shows any symptoms of breathing problems. This early diagnosis could reduce the […]
