Is hurting the elephants to get their ivory tasks to be sold to illegal buyers okay? The illegal industry in elephant ivory is prospering in Egypt due to the absence of law enforcement, brought about with the entry into the black market of the Chinese buyers, deemed to be the key consumers. Based on the […]
Always forgetting something? Leaving your things anywhere and later trying to look where they are? You’re running late for work and you can’t find your keys? This might be because the brain systems involved in the task of remembering things are working at different paces, with the system responsible for perception unable to keep up. […]
In the US, about 4,800 babies born each year have one of seven critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs). The seven defects classified as critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) are hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary atresia (with intact septum), tetralogy of Fallot, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, transposition of the great arteries, tricuspid atresia, and truncus […]
Millions of people around the globe celebrate the Carnival and Mardi Gras every year. Carnival dates vary but usually the celebration starts on a Saturday before Lent begins or commonly called as Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras or “Fat Tuesday” marks the last day of celebration. Although these celebrations are enjoyable, they are also associated with […]
Deprivation of androgen is currently a well-known therapy for prostate cancer in the United States. Though this process effectively fights androgen-dependent disease, lack of androgen often results in an androgen-independent mechanism that could lead to worst cases. Such type of cancer, specifically castration-resistant prostate cancer, poses a major challenge in the field of medicine. Furthermore, […]
Research led by scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute found that small-group dynamics — such as jury deliberations, collective bargaining sessions, and cocktail parties — can alter the expression of IQ in some susceptible people. The scientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate how the brain processes information about social status […]
A new study suggests that middle school students’ weight gain has nothing to do with the candy, soda, chips, and other junk food they can purchase at school. The study relies on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, which follows a nationally representative sample of students from the fall of […]
A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. The study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that children delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of asthma at the age of three. This was particularly seen among children without […]
Wearing a nicotine patch may help improve memory loss in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to a study published today in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Paul Newhouse, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and director of the Center for Cognitive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who authored the study, […]
Researchers have discovered that children under the age of two control speech using a different strategy than previously thought. During the study at Queen’s University, the researchers changed the vowel sounds that the participants heard over headphones as they talked. They found that while the adults and young children changed their vowel sounds in response […]
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