If you’ve been reading our coverage of the seventh-generation Corvette, you’ll have no doubt noticed that the 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque have merely been estimates of the car’s production output. There won't be anymore estimates, though, at least when it comes to horsepower and...
New light has been shed on how neuronal metabolism relates to the development of Alzheimer's disease in a recent study. The research was conducted by scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...
The idea of acupuncture has always terrified me. Thinking about somebody placing little needles all over my back gives me the heebie-jeebies, for lack of a better term. However, new research is here to answer my, "Why do acupuncture when you can do anything else?!" question. More »
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have found that a blood vessel-building gene boosts the ability of human bone marrow stem cells to sustain pancreatic recovery in a laboratory mouse model of insulin-dependent diabetes. The findings, published in a PLOS ONE...
Healthy people's lungs are home to a diverse community of microbes that differs markedly from the bacteria found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. That's the result of new research from Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which has wide implications for treatment...
You're waiting in the reception area of your doctor's office. The magazines are uninteresting. The pictures on the wall are dull. The second hand on the wall clock moves so excruciatingly slowly that you're sure it must be broken. You feel depleted and irritated about being stuck in this...
Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder. Even though dyslexia is defined as a reading disorder, it also affects how a person perceives spoken language. It is widely known that individuals with...
Pituitary hypoplasia, or incomplete growth of the pituitary gland, causes hormone deficiencies in humans. One form is caused by a mutation in the SOX2 gene, resulting in eye abnormalities, short stature, hearing loss, digestive problems, and learning difficulties. SOX2 is broadly involved in...
A new book by a University of New Hampshire researcher and Vietnam-era disabled veteran sheds new light on the long-term psychological trauma experienced by the coalition force in recent wars in the Gulf and Balkans that, when left untreated, can have deadly consequences...
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Rajee Narinesingh, a transgender woman who who recently revealed that the "fix-a-flat booty" doctor Oneal Rom Morris injected her face with cement and tire sealant, makes a good argument for why we should talk about Morris' and her patients' gender. More »Post from: Blisstree
Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease. Scientists at Newcastle University have for the first time been able to record spontaneous epileptic activity in brain tissue that has been removed...
I have a dwarf rabbit and she sheds like crazy, even when I brush her she continues to shed, I feel bad but me and my sister pick her fur out that is hanging off because it seems to work better then brushing her. We know its not because its winter because this happens in the summer as well. What...
I have a shih tzu poodle mutt and she didn't shed when we got her but now she is shedding like crazy! It's all over the house and I brush her every day and get clumps and clumps of hair out. Is this "spring shedding" or did the two low shedding genes just not work in my dog. Do poodles and shih...
I in no way condone children of a school age smoking and feel more should be done to discourage it!
filipinawish: that is SOO close to the Q I was goingto ask, LOL I did that as well!