A community led excavation is documenting a recently discovered medieval village at High Hunsley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The excavation is being led by Ethos Heritage in…
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Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study
Weight Change Among Cases and Controls Within 12 Years Before Diagnosis/Interview Lower and upper hinges correspond to 25th and 75th quantile of weight changes, respectively; lower and upper whiskers correspond…
Archaeologists search for hidden cenote beneath the Convent of San Antonio de Padu |
A team of archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) are searching for a hidden cenote beneath the Convent of San Antonio de Padu. The convent is…
How the microbiome affects the immune system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The building blocks of life-long health are the subject of a cutting-edge review examining how a newborn’s lung microbiome affects the immune system for years to…
Restricting flavored e-cigarettes may reduce their use among teens and young adults: Study
No smoking sign. Credit: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Getting many adolescents and young adults to stop using e-cigarettes may be as simple as doing away with flavored…
Skeleton found in rock shelter corresponds with the relatively unknown Janambre Culture |
The Janamabre were an ethnic group of nomadic hunter-gatherers that opposed the colonisation of the northeast of New Spain, Mexico, between the 17th and 18th centuries. At the time, the…
Sleep Spindles Play a Role in Soothing PTSD Anxiety and Enhancing Memory Retention
Summary: Brief bursts of brain activity during sleep known as sleep spindles could potentially help regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers believe that the study’s findings…
Community health van increases access to a vaccine that helps to prevent six types of cancer
Pictured from left to right:: Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center community health van team members Mina Platt, Dr. Marvella Ford, Melanie Slan and Joan McLauren. Credit: Medical…
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America. In the U.S.,…
