Study suggests center-based childcare may bring health benefits
A new study conducted in Canada found that children who attended center-based childcare between 1 and 4 years of age had a lower body...
Walgreens Second COVID Vaccine Booster, Here’s what to know
As COVID cases rise in Illinois and parts of the U.S. heading into summer, many are wondering which vaccinations they are eligible to receive...
Study shows EMS workers’ anger levels rise when sleep quality falls
It’s no secret that sleep and emergency medical services (EMS) work do not go hand in hand. The profession is notorious for long and...
Hangry? Science explains hunger related aggression
Ever been ‘hangry’ (so hungry, you get angry over trivial things)? If so, there’s a scientific reason for why you find everything unbearable when...
New research describes new way of generating insulin-producing cells
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how a molecule that they have identified stimulates the formation of new insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and...
Brain fog and its connection to your health
Losing one’s train of thought mid-sentence, forgetting where one’s phone or keys have been placed, and not remembering where one parked are all common...
New study: Retinal examination can predict a heart attack
Combining information about the pattern of blood vessels in the retina with genetic data can enable accurate prediction of an individual’s risk of coronary...
The ‘buzz’ about propolis and prostate cancer
Bees may be hoarding a natural substance that halts the growth of prostate cancer cells and tumors, according to a study published online in...
Researchers discover new molecule that kills hard-to-treat cancers
A new molecule synthesized by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher kills a broad spectrum of hard-to-treat cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer, by...
Eating cruciferous vegetables improves breast cancer survival
A diagnosis of breast cancer evokes terrifying thoughts of invasive surgery, loss of body image or sexuality and even death. According to a recent...