A new study by the Russian Geographical Society has revealed that Por-Bazhyn was a Manichean monastery. Por-Bazhyn, meaning “Clay House” in the Tuvan language is located in the Sengelen mountains…
Category: Humans
The Paradox of Progress: Why More Freedom Isn’t Making Women Happier
Summary: Despite gains in freedom and employment opportunities, research indicates women are experiencing higher levels of anxiety, depression, and sleep issues than before. A survey suggests that dissatisfaction with societal…
Dark Traits, Broken Sleep: How Machiavellianism and Psychopathy Impact Rest
Summary: A recent study delves into the link between the Dark Triad personality traits—Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism—and sleep quality, particularly in individuals with affective disorders (AD). Using data from 657…
Concizumab may be effective prophylaxis for hemophilia A or B with inhibitors
Patients with hemophilia A or B with inhibitors have a lower annualized bleeding rate with concizumab than with no prophylaxis, according to a phase 3 study published online Aug. 31…
Gene-tweaked stem cells offer hope against sickle cell disease
A type of gene therapy that precisely “edits” a key bit of DNA might offer a new way to treat sickle cell disease—a painful inherited condition that largely strikes Black…
Archaeologists unearth 2000-year-old children’s shoe |
Investigations of the Georgenberg Mine in Dürrnberg near Salzburg have led to the discovery of a well-preserved 2000-year-old children’s shoe. The German Mining Museum Bochum and the Leibniz Research Museum…
Study findings provide new insight into how breast cancer evolves
The der(1;16) translocation-positive breast cancer originated from a single cell around puberty. This cell repeatedly underwent cell division and expanded until it developed into breast cancer several decades later. Then,…
Feeling sexy? Scientists find where lust lives—in mice
by Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The source of desire has long been elusive, the stuff of poets and musicians. Now, Stanford University researchers have…
Pediatric ICU admissions for SARS-CoV-2 decreased across waves
Across successive waves of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs), there was a decrease in intensive care unit (ICU) admissions across ages, while ventilatory and…
Medicines360’s long and winding, $82 million road to create and distribute $50 birth control
A client receives information at Mary’s Center, a community health center in Washington in 2018. The center is one of more than 2,500 publicly funded health clinics that has distributed…
