How to reduce the appearance of grey hairs We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Survey data suggests that about half of the global population has grey […]
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In the United States, depression among adolescents has been increasing. As most adolescents attend schools, they can be useful places to identify students with depressive symptoms. In a new study, universally screening students for depression was more effective in identifying students and getting them to start treatment than teachers flagging changes in behavior that might suggest depression. A new study […]
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The rise of P2P methamphetamine is fueling mental health problems and homelessness across the United States, according to a new book. What to know: In the early 2000s, most methamphetamine available in the United States was produced from ephedrine, extracted from ephedra plants. However, most meth is now made from phenyl-2-propanone (P2P), which can be extracted from a wide array […]
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In a recent poll, 9 out of 10 Allure editors agreed — beauty product claims can be pretty damn confusing. (And one person was out sick that day). Why all the linguistic gymnastics? For starters, brands are incentivized to make their products sound like they work — just not work too well. "If a product claims to diagnose, cure, mitigate, […]
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Scientists have discovered that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumors. The research, published today in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy Cancer, was carried out by experts from the University of Nottingham, Ningbo University and Shanxi Agricultural University in China. Improving the effectiveness of […]
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Researchers are reporting a novel association between insomnia and both intracranial aneurysm and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). The investigators used a Mendelian randomization to investigate whether modifiable lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors affected the prevalence of ruptured or unruptured intracranial aneurysm (IA) and aSAH. In addition to common risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure, they looked at […]
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The severe and devastating consequences of the coronavirus pandemic were undoubtedly made worse by a substantial lack of pandemic preparedness, with the exception of East and South East Asia, which had built up defenses after their experience with SARS in 2003. So it is crucial that governments begin to develop strategies to protect us if other deadly viruses emerge. A […]
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It’s that time of year when the clocks go back – and from a sleep perspective, this is the good one. We get an extra hour of sleep. Excellent. But the price we pay for that extra hour is shorter days and darker mornings. This can leave us feeling sluggish and tired in the mornings, and mess with our overall […]
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An international team of medical scientists has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature Immunology, outlining ongoing research into why some people are resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infections. In their paper, they note that very little is currently known about why some individuals are immune to COVID-19, but they suggest that a stronger effort to find out could lead to […]
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Scientists are testing whether a new molecule could help switch off the inflammation that worsens cardiovascular diseases. The Heriot-Watt and University of Glasgow team is using real human blood vessel cells to test the molecule in the lab. Their focus is on finding using the molecule to activate an enzyme called EPAC1, which protects the cells lining blood vessels from […]
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