Heavier Children Have Increased Risk of Hypertension
Children who are above average in weight have higher risks of developing hypertension. A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 800,000 young individuals in the three to seventeen year age...
Living in the City or Country Can Affect Your Psychological State
The latest psychological discoveries from the University of Houston lay bare a disheartening truth- rural Americans tend to grapple with bouts of anxiety and depression more often than their urban...
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Z-Mutations and Liver Disease
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an important and under-recognized genetic cause of liver disease. The most common mutation associated with liver disease results from a single change within the DNA...
Swear Words Have Similar Characteristics Across Languages
Swear words can have similar characteristics across languages. These words across different languages may tend to lack certain sounds such as l, r, and w, suggests research published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. This common...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome May Be Caused by Gravity
A new theory suggests irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most common gastrointestinal disorder, may be caused by gravity. Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai and...
Pandemic School Shutdown Harmful to Teens
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the social and school world for teens as virtual learning or hybrid learning became the norm in 2020-21. The unprecedented shutdown of classroom learning caused undue...
Wastewater Can Be Turned Into Fertilizer to Help Agriculture
The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University. A new...
Fastest Swimming Robot Created Inspired by Manta Ray
Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous...
Best Time to Exercise for Heart Health is the Morning
Morning physical activity is associated with the lowest risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a study in more than 85,000 individuals published today in the European Journal of...
Beavers Can Really Help Improve Water Quality
The dams that beavers build may help protect water quality and the local ecosystem according to a recent study. That is the conclusion of a new study by Stanford University scientists and...