July 31, 20241 yr Is Your Nervous System a Democracy or a Dictatorship? A single “dictator neuron” can take charge of complex behaviors https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-your-nervous-system-a-democracy-or-a-dictatorship/
July 31, 20241 yr Dual action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible https://phys.org/news/2024-07-dual-action-antibiotic-bacterial-resistance.html
July 31, 20241 yr A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s "A key protein that helps assemble the brain early in life also appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other diseases of aging." https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/07/29/g-s1-13519/alzheimers-protein-reelin-brain-aging-amyloid-tau-memory
July 31, 20241 yr Skip and Arc’teryx built a futuristic exoskeleton. Here’s what it’s like to walk in it Once a secretive Google X project, the startup Skip is debuting an exoskeleton designed for hiking, alongside outdoor gear legend Arc’teryx. "It’s roughly 90 degrees with 90% humidity, the sort of Midwestern summer day that turns the cornfields into a jungle. I’ve just climbed up and down nearly 1,000 stairs at a local park, and yet, I’m barely sweating. " https://www.fastcompany.com/91159743/skip-and-arcteryx-built-an-amazing-new-exoskeleton-heres-what-its-like-to-walk-in-it
July 31, 20241 yr Artificial Sweetener May Be Wreaking Havoc on Microorganisms https://www.sciencealert.com/artificial-sweetener-may-be-wreaking-havoc-on-microorganisms
August 5, 20241 yr New compound found to be effective against 'flesh-eating' bacteria https://phys.org/news/2024-08-compound-effective-flesh-bacteria.html
August 5, 20241 yr "Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have discovered a new population of macrophages, important innate immune cells that populate the lungs after injury caused by respiratory viruses. These macrophages are instrumental in repairing the pulmonary alveoli. This groundbreaking discovery promises to revolutionize our understanding of the post-infectious immune response and opens the door to new regenerative therapies. The study is published in the journal Science Immunology." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-scientists-population-macrophages-alveolar-regeneration.html
August 5, 20241 yr Researchers Explore Quantum Entanglement’s Potential Role in Neural Synchronization https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/08/03/researchers-explore-quantum-entanglements-potential-role-in-neural-synchronization/
August 5, 20241 yr Young adults at higher risk of hearing loss after COVID infection, data suggest Hearing issues 3 times more common post-COVID https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/young-adults-higher-risk-hearing-loss-after-covid-infection-data-suggest
August 5, 20241 yr "Conclusions Regular glucosamine supplementation was associated with lower mortality due to all causes, cancer, CVD, respiratory and digestive diseases. " https://ard.bmj.com/content/79/6/829
August 6, 20241 yr NHS soup and shake diet can beat type 2 diabetes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjyy7280lzo
August 7, 20241 yr Why Are So Many Young People Getting Cancer? It’s Complicated "Their diagnoses spotlight a troubling trend: both in the U.S. and around the world, cancer diagnoses are growing more common among adults younger than 50. By 2030, one recent study estimated, the number of these early-onset cancer diagnoses could increase by roughly 30% worldwide—and the number of people who die from their conditions could rise by about 20%." https://time.com/6960506/cancer-rates-young-people/
August 8, 20241 yr Olympics sees 40-plus cases of Covid and respiratory disease: WHO "More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240806-olympics-sees-40-plus-covid-cases-as-global-figures-rise-who
August 8, 20241 yr These anti-depressants have been prescribed to millions - but have a hidden side effect that is worse than death The FDA is being sued for allegedly ignoring evidence that anti-depressants leave patients' sex lives permanently ruined - even years after stopping the meds. "Patients sharing their stories through the PSSD Network have described a range of disturbances from erectile dysfunction, genital shrinkage, and numbness to a lack of any sense of attraction to others and an inability to feel pleasure." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13448013/fda-sued-antidepressants-ssri-sexual-effects.html
August 8, 20241 yr EPA Issues Rare Emergency Order to Suspend Use of Weed Killer Harmful to Fetuses https://www.independent.com/2024/08/07/epa-issues-rare-emergency-order-to-suspend-use-of-weedkiller-harmful-to-fetuses/
August 8, 20241 yr The introverts are winning Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6306/the-introverts-are-winning
August 9, 20241 yr Chemical used in rocket fuel is widespread in food, Consumer Reports finds "The tests by the advocacy group come decades after the chemical, called perchlorate, was first identified as a contaminant in food and water. The Environmental Working Group in 2003 found perchlorate in nearly 20% of supermarket lettuce tested. Linked to potential brain damage in fetuses and newborns and thyroid troubles in adults, perchlorate was detected in measurable levels of 67% of 196 samples of 63 grocery and 10 fast-food products, the most recent tests by Consumer Reports found. The levels detected ranged from just over two parts per billion (ppb) to 79 ppb." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/consumer-reports-chemical-rocket-fuel-perchlorate/ Why Rocket Fuel Has Been Contaminating Our Food and Water for Years CR's tests confirm that the chemical perchlorate is widespread in our food. Regulators have known of the risks for decades but continue to drag their feet. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/why-perchlorate-has-contaminated-food-and-water-for-years-a1065715826/
August 10, 20241 yr Caltech Team Develops First Noninvasive Method to Continually Measure True Blood Pressure https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-team-develops-first-noninvasive-method-to-continually-measure-true-blood-pressure
August 10, 20241 yr Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer’s disease model mice UCLA researchers say compound works to enhance electrical rhythms in the brain that could also treat schizophrenia, depression if proven effective in humans. "“There is really nothing like this on the market or experimentally that has been shown to do this,” said study lead author Dr. Istvan Mody, a professor of neurology and physiology at UCLA Health. " https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/molecule-restores-cognition-memory-alzheimers-disease-model
August 17, 20241 yr Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 US findings suggesting ageing is not a slow and steady process could explain spikes in health issues at certain ages https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/14/scientists-find-humans-age-dramatically-in-two-bursts-at-44-then-60-aging-not-slow-and-steady
August 18, 20241 yr "“A 75-year-old Tsimane's arteries are more like a 50-year-old American's arteries.”" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq55l2gdxxo https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30752-3/abstract
August 18, 20241 yr "“A 75-year-old Tsimane's arteries are more like a 50-year-old American's arteries.”" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq55l2gdxxo https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30752-3/abstract An interesting article, but after the initial claims about the age of the lady (Martina) and her fitness, we then discover that they have no records and can't count...... In another part we see this sentence - "According to their records, Hilda is 81, but she says recently her family killed a pig to celebrate her “100th birthday or something like that”. Nobody really has any idea how old that lady is. Then we discover that the researchers estimate their age from the age of their children. That may work for those with young children, but for those like Martina, they have no idea how old she really is at all. Because of this problem, some of the claims made here about how marvellously fit these very old people are, become preposterous. Then we discover that the average life expectancy is FIFTY, and that they have a lot of parasites and suffer constant infectious diseases. That said - there are some useful things to be taken from the way these people live, and the fact that those that don't die in childhood or early middle age don't appear to suffer many of the degenerative diseases of older Americans and Europeans. They are FAR more active than we are, and are rarely sitting down - unlike us. Also, they are not eating lots of fat and get most of their calories from carbohydrates like yucca and plantain. Of course if someone in Europe was eating lots of carbohydrates, and sitting around they would be heading towards diabetes or pre-diabetes. So - get out of that chair and start running about and lifting heavy stuff and carrying it home - and don't eat too much so that you get fat. But really - I think we all knew that already, didn't we.
August 18, 20241 yr im powerd buy fast food and eat shite like mcd ect smoke weed and drink hi powerd cider for the last 30 years.
August 20, 20241 yr Low level of common nutrient linked to disease-causing DNA damage "According to the researchers, the toxic combination of low magnesium and high levels of homocysteine can increase the likelihood of contracting gastrointestinal disease, several cancers, diabetes, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases." https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/nutrient-dna-damage/
August 30, 20241 yr https://www.yahoo.com/news/revolutionary-cartilage-regeneration-technology-developed-213840358.html
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