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The Rundown of Personal Effects of Current Climate Change

By Guest PostAugust 20, 2019Environment, Healthbotanical blooming cycles, carbon emissions, climate change, copd, fossil fuels, global warming, hannah stevens, heat trapping gases, personal effects

By Hannah Stevens

As with any global crisis, it can be difficult to pinpoint the personal effects of climate change on yourself as an individual. Most of us understand that the climate crisis is affecting the health of our planet, that natural resources are diminishing, and that climate change will negatively affect the quality of life of generations to come. However, the effects of climate change have been creeping into our daily lives and will continue to do so until more people become aware of the signs and create solutions for reducing or preventing its personal effects. (more…)

How to Feel Young: Ways You Can Prevent Premature Aging

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2019Healthbrain teasers, feel young, feel younger tomorrow, prevent premature aging, regulate breathing, skin health

Many of us may occasionally discover that we feel older than the age on birth certificates. No matter what we do or how hard we try, our bodies always seem tired and worn out. Luckily, there are some easy ways to feel like yourself again. (more…)

Unexpectedly big wins improve two kinds of memory

By Guest PostAugust 17, 2019Healthdaniel dillon, matt nassar, memory, reward prediction error, unexpectedly big wins

Brown researchers discover that unexpected rewards improve the memory of specific events, which may have implications for how clinicians treat individuals with depression. (more…)

Listening to survivors of sexual assault

By Guest PostAugust 6, 2019Healthcarly marten, ethiopia, journey for justice, raoul wallenberg, savithry namboodiripad, sexual assault, sexual assault survivors, sexual violence, survivor, thomas mekuria, wallenberg fellowship

Wallenberg fellow to follow survivors in Ethiopia on their journey for justice

ANN ARBOR — Carly Marten was in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, for a summer project last year when she decided to attend a feminist film festival. (more…)

Sechs an einer Hand

By Guest PostAugust 4, 2019Health, Sciencecarsten mehring, etienne burdet, menschen mit polydaktylie, sechs finger, six fingered hands

Ein angeborener zusätzlicher Finger bringt motorische Vorteile

Menschen mit Polydaktylie besitzen von Geburt an mehr als die üblichen fünf Finger oder Zehen an Händen oder Füßen. Welche Bewegungsfertigkeiten besitzen Menschen mit Polydaktylie und wie sehen deren sensomotorische Hirnregionen aus? (more…)

Ohio State Wexner Medical Center first in U.S. to implant device for knee osteoarthritis

By Guest PostAugust 1, 2019Healthdavid flanigan, device, knee osteoarthritis, knee pain, knee replacement, moximed inc, people with osteoarthritis, wexner medical center

Surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are the first in the U.S. to implant a new device designed to relieve knee pain and help prevent or delay the need for knee replacements in people with osteoarthritis. (more…)

New UMD Microscopy Method Could Improve LASIK Surgery

By Guest PostJuly 29, 2019Healthantonio fiore, carlo bevilacqua, cornea, eye, giuliano scarcelli, lasik surgery, refractive index, umd microscopy method

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A team of University of Maryland bioengineering researchers have developed a microscopy technique that could one day be used to improve LASIK and eliminate the “surgery” aspect of the procedure. Their findings were published in Physical Review Letters. (more…)

Gesundheitsförderndes Getreide

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2019Healthchristian huck, glutenfreie produkte, naehrstoffgehalt, verena wiedemair

Immer mehr Menschen müssen aus gesundheitlichen Gründen auf glutenfreie Produkte ausweichen. Christian Huck, Professor am Institut für Analytische Chemie und Radiochemie, forscht gemeinsam mit Dissertantin Verena Wiedemair an alternativen Getreidesorten wie Hirse oder Buchweizen. Dabei sollen vor allem die Nährstoffe in glutenfreien Produkten zu verbessert werden. (more…)

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