French musician Guilhem Gallart, a member of the Fonky Family, is seen here with his partner Wahiba; he was diagnosed with ALS in 2015. A new treatment shows promise against…
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Experts say next UK government should declare a national health and care emergency
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The government in post after the election should declare a national health and care emergency, calling on all parts of society to help improve health, care,…
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old bog body
Archaeologists from the Police Service of Northern Ireland have uncovered a 2,000 to 2,500-year-old bog body in Northern Ireland. Authorities were alerted to human remains on the surface of peatland…
Underwater archaeologists recover HMS Erebus crew belongings
A team of underwater archaeologists from Parks Canada have recovered personal objects belonging to the crew of the HMS Erebus. The HMS Erebus was constructed in 1826 by the Royal…
Music’s Universal Impact on Body and Emotion
Summary: A recent study reveals that music’s emotional impact transcends cultures, evoking similar bodily sensations globally. Researchers found that happy music energizes arms and legs, while sad tunes resonate in…
Reduce risk of childhood obesity through good nutrition before and during pregnancy, say scientists
Predicted latent class growth analysis weight standard deviation score (SDS) trajectories. Credit: BMC Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03246-w A study involving 500 mothers investigated the use of an enriched nutritional supplement…
Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times
In the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender health care. In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power, they cracked down on transgender medical research…
Telehealth makes timely abortions possible for many, research shows
Access to telehealth abortion care can determine whether a person can obtain an abortion in the United States. For young people and those living on low incomes, telehealth makes a…
How a mouse’s brain bends time
In collaboration with New York University’s Michael Long and Stanford University’s Feng Chen and Shaul Druckmann, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientist Arkarup Banerjee is using singing mice, like the one…
US regulatory system failed to prevent thousands of deaths in frontline workers during the pandemic, analysis finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis published in the British Medical Journal examines the risks faced by frontline workers in the United States during the pandemic and suggests reforms that…
