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Any surgery is really scary, but one of the scariest of all is a colonoscopy. But, honestly, it’s not all that bad. In case you’re unfamiliar with the procedure, a colonoscopy is where a tube is inserted in your anus, so the physician can view any abnormal tissue growth or abnormalities in your large intestine […]
Only a minority of Swedes with alcohol use disorders are prescribed alcohol medication, a situation that has remained largely unchanged in the country since the mid-2000. That is according to a study at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Prescriptions of alcohol medication are also unevenly distributed in the society, […]
What is Atrial Fibrillation? We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Completely contradicting the perception that red wine is caridoprotective, research from […]
Pavel L Photo and Video/Shutterstock By Azure Hall/Sept. 2, 2021 9:26 am EDT After enduring the nerves and pain that accompany a new piercing, there’s nothing more disappointing than having the hole close sooner than you would like. There are a lot of variables that go into healing your piercings, but doing the procedure correctly is […]
Therapies should be highly effective and as free as possible of side effects—a big challenge, particularly in the case of cancer. A Chinese research team has now developed a novel form of photodynamic tumor therapy for the treatment of deep tumors that works without external irradiation. The light source is built into the drug and […]
A study in patients with epilepsy is helping researchers understand how the brain manages the task of learning a new language while retaining our mother tongue. The study, by neuroscientists at UC San Francisco, sheds light on the age-old question of why it’s so difficult to learn a second language as an adult. The somewhat […]
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to realign his jaw to get to the root of his health problems. The fix would involve two surgeries over a couple of years and wearing braces on his teeth before and in between the procedures. […]
One of the first population-scale studies on how common genetic traits are influenced by variations in the DNA of mitochondria, the powerhouses of human cells, has been completed by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and their collaborators. The team identified associations between mtDNA variants and […]
Dr Ramani Durvasula is a clinical psychologist who specializes in narcissism. On her YouTube channel, she creates content explaining various aspects of narcissistic abuse, shedding light on the insidious behavior and tactics which a narcissist might use to control and manipulate the people around them, and which frequently go unnoticed or normalized in relationships, be […]
Had an awesome workout? Your team won (or maybe lost) their LAX game? Go ahead, have a beer or two. Science is totally cool with it. A systematic review on beer consumption related to endurance sports was published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism this July. Among the findings: Light beer […]