Mary Moore RN | Health Journalist & Medical Author
When people started farming thousands of years ago, they faced an increase in infectious diseases caused by close contact with animals and their feces. This triggered a natural selection …
Duke University Study Shows That High Cholesterol Levels Can Increase the Incidence of Breast Cancer
Having High cholesterol levels is already known to have negative effects on the body. A recently published Duke University study showed that high cholesterol levels increase the risk of …
Women Who Urinate in the Shower Could End up with Urinary Leakage Issues
Peeing in the shower is a very common practice for a lot of people, mostly done to save water and to help the environment. But for women, this could …
Anti Aging: Could a Fecal Transplant from a Young Subject Reverse Aging?
Transplanting the fecal microbiota from a young mouse into an old mouse appears to “restore” some of the mouse’s abilities and reverse some aging deficits. 100 trillion microorganisms live …
The Appendix Is Thought to Increase Life Expectancy According to French Study
For a long time, the appendix was considered useless, although it is found in many mammals. In a new study published on 7 July in the Journal of Anatomy, …
Prion Research Suspended in France as Researcher Dies from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Several French public research institutions have announced the temporary suspension of prion research after a former Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Inrae) researcher that worked with prions developed …
Cooking with Wood or Charcoal Increases the Risk of Eye Disease
Cooking with solid fuels such as charcoal and wood poses a significant risk to the eyes. Long-term exposure to the smoke can cause conjunctivitis and cataracts that can even …
A Male Contraceptive That Heats the Testicles with Nanoparticles
Let’s be clear from the start: this study was carried out on mice and not on humans. But the idea is that this contraceptive method could one day be …
Although Dangerous Nitrous Oxide Can Be Effective Against Resistant Depression
Amid skyrocketing cases of depression because of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers claim to have found a nitrous oxide-based treatment for it. This treatment would be able to improve the …
New Study Introduces Objective Method to Measure Creativity Through Word Associations
Key Takeaways: Researchers developed a simple, time-efficient test to measure creativity using word associations. The “divergent association task” calculates semantic distance between words to predict creative thinking. Findings could …

