Killer whales display personality traits similar to those of humans and chimpanzees, such as playfulness, cheerfulness and affection, according to
Day: November 16, 2018
Dietary fat is good? Dietary fat is bad? Coming to consensus
Which is better, a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet or a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet — or is it the type of fat that matters?
You May Be Prediabetic and Don’t Know It, CDC Warns
Latest Diabetes News WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) — More than one-third of Americans have prediabetes, but 90 percent
Dodging antibiotic resistance by curbing bacterial evolution
With many disease-causing bacteria ratcheting up their shields against current drugs, new tactics are vital to protect people from treatment-resistant
Controlling organ growth with light
In optogenetics, researchers use light to control protein activity. This technique allows them to alter the shape of embryonic tissue
Goodbye ‘Gluten-Free’? Celiac Disease Vaccine May Make It Possible
People with celiac disease must follow a very restrictive diet, but an experimental vaccine may offer many of them the
Low-Carb Diets May Work By Boosting Calorie Burn
Rtrictly limiting carbohydrates and eating more fat may help the body burn more calories, a new clinical trial shows. Researchers
Playing high school football changes the teenage brain
A single season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes in the structure of the brain,
Record Number of Tick-Borne Disease Cases in U.S. Last Year: CDC
The number of Americans with tick-borne diseases reached a record high of nearly 60,000 in 2017, the Centers for Disease
Gene editing possible for kidney disease
For the first time scientists have identified how to halt kidney disease in a life-limiting genetic condition, which may pave