Summary: New research reveals how oxytocin profoundly influences social behavior and emotional responses in the brain. Animal models have shown how this hormone impacts social fear and how chronic stress…
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Digital health care consultations not enough for safe assessment of tonsillitis
Credit: Infectious Diseases (2024). DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2024.2434878 Tonsillitis is a common reason for visits to the doctor and prescriptions of antibiotics in primary care. To determine whether a patient needs antibiotics,…
Cooking garlic and onions at high heat can form trans fats, study finds
Natural sulfur compounds promote formation of trans fatty acids (TFAs) during heating. Credit: Masaki Honda / Meijo University Trans-fatty acids (TFA) are a major cause of cardiovascular diseases. These harmful…
Province of Granada was being exploited for copper 4,000-years-ago
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have found that Argaric societies of the Bronze Age (2200–1550 BC) exploited copper mining resources in the Granada province as early as 4,000…
Archaeologists find a rare ceramic lamp with symbols of the Temple menorah
Archaeologists excavating near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem have discovered a rare ceramic lamp from the Late Roman period, decorated with symbols of the Temple menorah. According to a…
Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation linked to lower mortality in COVID-19
For patients hospitalized for COVID-19, administration of therapeutic-dose versus prophylactic-dose anticoagulation with heparins is associated with lower 28-day mortality, according to a review published online Dec. 24 in the Annals…
2020 to 2023 saw increase in buprenorphine dispensing for teens
Buprenorphine dispensing increased among adolescents and decreased among young adults between 2020 and 2023, according to a research letter published online Dec. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical…
What if you could rank food by ‘healthiness’ as you shopped? Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries
Imagine a world where food on grocery store shelves is ranked by its healthiness, with simple, research-backed scores. In some countries, that world already exists. Nutrient profiling systems, or NPSs,…
What are macros? An exercise and nutrition scientist explains
“I’m tracking my macros.” “I’ll pass on that, it doesn’t fit in my macros.” “I’m on the Macro Diet.” Macros seem to come up often in the corners of the…
Are we moral blank slates at birth? A new study offers some clues
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain What does a baby know about right and wrong? A foundational finding in moral psychology suggested that even infants have a moral sense, preferring “helpers” over…
