A persistently noisy workplace more than doubles an employee’s risk of serious heart disease, suggest new findings in the journalOccupational and Environmental Medicine. The researchers base their findings on a sample of more than 6,000 employees, aged from 20 upwards, who had been part of the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between […]
Noise, like the static heard on AM radio, is generally thought to be a nuisance in most applications. But within living cells, biochemical “noise” (for example, slight variations in protein production) turns out to be critical in helping them transform from one state to another. Describing their findings in Science, the UT Southwestern Medical Center […]
The remarkable protective effects of nicotine – the addictive chemical in tobacco – on the brain are continuing to surprise scientists. One recent study has found that one of nicotine’s metabolites, cotinine, may improve memory and protect brain cells from diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Another new study shows that nicotine can help improve […]
