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Green offices make employees smarter
People who work in well-ventilated offices with below-average levels of indoor pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) have are better in responding to a crisis and developing strategy than those who work in regular offices. Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan […]
Eating fruits and veggies pay off 20 years later
Eating more fruits and vegetables as a young adult may keep your free from heart disease 20 years later, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Researchers found that people who ate the most fruit and vegetable […]
Exercise is the secret to a younger brain
A new study shows that men who exercise have younger brains to match their fit body. The study led by Dr Hideaki Soya from the University of Tsukuba in Japan found that the fitter men performed better mentally than the […]
Virtual maze can predict Alzheimer’s in young adults
A virtual maze can predict if a young adult is at a high risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease later in life. Young adults with a high risk for Alzheimer’s have altered brain regions that are crucial for spatial navigation. This […]
Imprimis Pharma makes US$1dollar alternative to US$750 dollar drug
Imprimis Pharmaceuticals made a low-cost alternative to Daraprim. Imprimis’s formulation costs less than a dollar a pop, compared to Daraprim which costs US$750 per tablet. Last month, Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, the sole supplier of Daraprim, increased the price of this […]
Dogs have a calming effect on kids with cancer
Dogs have a calming effect on kids with cancer, says a new study to be presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in Washington, DC. Researchers collected data on blood pressure, pulse rates and anxiety […]
Babies learn from their babbles
A University of Missouri research shows that babies’ repetitive babbles primarily are motivated by infants’ ability to hear themselves. Infants with profound hearing loss who received cochlear implants to improve their hearing soon babbled as often as their hearing peers, […]
World’s largest trial on aspirin vs. cancer launched
The world’s largest ever clinical trial to test if daily aspirin intake will prevent cancer was launched last October 22. The Add-Aspirin phase III trial, the largest of its kind and funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute […]
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 […]
