Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached for the car radio.
Month: March 2021
Serious new COVID-related smoking threat discovered by researchers
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Researchers (BGU) have found for the first time that cigarette smoke toxicity impacts the protective
Researchers explore relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response
A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not only aid with digestion, but
AstraZeneca vaccine effective in over-80s: study
The AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine appears to be more than 80 percent effective at preventing severe illness among elderly, at-risk individuals
Almost 40% of university students surveyed are addicted to their phones
A team of researchers at King’s College London has found that nearly 40% of students surveyed exhibited symptoms of addiction
First detailed insight into newborn babies’ lungs at birth
Researchers have captured the first detailed images of newborn babies’ lungs as they take their first breaths. The research, led
Regular meat consumption linked with a wide range of common diseases
Regular meat consumption is associated with a range of diseases that researchers had not previously considered, according to a large,
Study reveals details of immune defense guidance system
At the beginning of an immune response, a molecule known to mobilize immune cells into the bloodstream, where they home
Incentives can reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native people
The researchers’ findings showed that participants who were given A low-cost, easy-to-administer intervention that uses small prizes and other incentives
Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020—is it time to control cigarette makers?
Tobacco use killed an estimated 500,000 Americans in 2020, about the same number the pandemic killed in one year. Although education efforts
