Dark spots on the skin are usually the result of hyperpigmentation. Dark spots on the skin can range from light
Day: March 29, 2019
Need to increase diversity within genetic data sets
Polygenic scores can predict a person’s risk for conditions like coronary artery disease, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes (T2D)
Making waves: Researchers shed light on how cilia work
Human bodies have some built-in systems to care for themselves. The cells that line our lungs, nose, brain and reproductive
Getting Leftover Surgery Opioids Out of Harm’s Way? It’s in the Bag
Many surgery patients head home from the hospital with opioid pain medicine prescriptions, and most will have pills left over
Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring
Low levels of oxygen in the womb — which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia —
Pain, pain go away: New tools improve students’ experience of school-based vaccines
Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up with educators, public health
Vitamin C can cut time spent in intensive care units
An analysis of published trials calls for research into vitamin C’s effects on critically ill patients after finding it can
First disease caused by defective myoglobin discovered
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered the underlying cause of a hereditary muscle disease first characterised in a Swedish family
Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may play opposite roles in childhood asthma
Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity of asthma in children
Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card
Paper-based diagnostic tests are cheap, convenient and biodegradable. However, their use is limited by conventional dyes — which are not
