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Unwanted Dog Behaviors Can Vary Greatly Between Breeds
All dogs can exhibit unwanted behaviors, as all dog owners know. However, the differences in frequency of these behaviors can vary greatly between breeds. Also, some of these unwanted behaviors can occur simultaneously. These were the findings from researchers at the University of Helsinki. The researchers analyzed the data in one of the world’s biggest…
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Whites More Likely Than Native Americans to Smoke Cigarettes Daily
Numerous studies in the past have indicated that Native Americans smoke more cigarettes daily than whites. These studies have caused a stereotype that Native Americans are prone to smoking than other ethnic groups in America. However, a recent study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson found the opposite. After…
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Music Therapy Can Help Stroke Patients During Rehabilitation
Music therapy can help during neurorehabilitation of acute stroke patients and also improve their moods, according to a recent study. The study was done by researchers at the Anglia Ruskin University in the UK and performed at the stroke and rehabilitation unit at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, U.K. For over two years, 177 patients participated…
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Memories Stored as Neural Firing Patterns in Brain, Say Researchers
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health say our memories may be stored as neural firing patterns in our brain. They reached this conclusion after they monitored the electrical activity of thousands of neurons (brain cells) in epilepsy patients. They found after the patients learned a word pair, firing patterns from the neurons would be…
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Exposure to Household Chemicals May Stunt Language Development in Kids
Researchers found a link between use of toxic household chemicals and the language development in children from low-income families. Exposure to these household chemicals, as reported by the mothers, delayed language development of the children by age two. The study was published online in the journal Clinical Pediatrics. These children also exhibited delay in cognitive…
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Eating Eggs in Moderation Not Associated With Cardiovascular Disease
Eating eggs in moderation (up to 1 egg per day) is not associated with cardiovascular disease. This recent finding was published in the March 2020 issue of the journal The BMJ. Eggs are nutritious, being a good source of protein, iron and unsaturated fatty acids. They are also high in cholesterol. Thus, there have been…
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Do Low Calorie Sweeteners Disrupt Your Metabolism?
Do low calorie sweeteners disrupt you metabolism? Results from studies have been conflicting. Some findings show that these low calorie sweeteners found in foods and beverages can alter your metabolism and even contribute to the development diabetes and obesity. Other studies have shown these sweeteners don’t affect metabolism and may even contribute to weight loss.…
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People Who Have Weight Loss Surgery May Face Increased Risk of Bone Fractures
Undergoing weight loss surgery may have a negative effect – increased risk of bone fractures. The findings recently published by researchers in Sweden in the Journal of Internal Medicine. The study involved 2,007 obese Swedish patients who underwent weight loss surgery. The type of surgery included gastric bypass (to make the stomach smaller), gastric banding…
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Do ‘Cotton Candy’ Super-Puff Planets Have Rings?
Scientists call large exoplanets that have extremely low density “cotton candy” planets. These super-puffs, as they are also referred to, may actually have rings. This theory was proposed by scientists at Carnegie Institution for Science and Caltech, and published in the journal The Astronomical Journal. Super-puff planets have such huge radii compared to their mass…
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Researchers Describe Chest CT Scans of COVID-19 Patients
A recent study compares the chest CT scans with the clinical conditions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia in 101 patients. According to the findings, 86.1 percent of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had a CT feature called ground-glass opacities (GGO), 64.4 percent had mixed GGO, and 71.3 percent had vascular enlargement in the lesion. They described…