Autoimmune diseases linked to adolescent marijuana use
Medical researchers from the Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy) say that exposure to marijuana during adolescence can seriously affect…
UV light can be addictive, say scientists
Why do people still spend extended periods in the sun when the dangers of skin cancer are so well recognized?…
Temporary blindness may fix hearing problems
Researchers have long known that young brains are malleable enough to re-wire the circuits that process sensory information. For example,…
Foodborne bacteria may be trigger for multiple sclerosis
A study presented at the 2014 American Society for Microbiology meeting adds to the growing body of evidence that multiple…
A good book can rewire your brain
The scientists behind a novel study into reading say that when we immerse ourselves into a work of fiction, lingering…
Wine drinkers clueless about alcohol servings
Scientists know that environmental cues like plate size can impact eating behaviors, but the effect of environmental factors on wine…
Painkiller addiction in U.S. an “epidemic,” say senior medicos
Over the last ten years, prescriptions for strong opioid medications for non-cancer pain have doubled and public health experts say…
Human sleep influenced by Moon
A report in Current Biology offers the first scientific evidence that humans are affected by the geophysical rhythms of the…
Age-related height loss linked to cognitive health
In the first study of its kind, University of Southern California researchers have identified a number of surprising factors linked…
Tap water implicated in rise of food allergies
Chemicals known as dichlorophenols, which are used in pesticides and to chlorinate water supplies, could be partially to blame for…
TV remotes a bacterial cocktail
A study that investigated bacterial populations on hotel room surfaces found television remote controls and housekeeping carts to be amongst…
Antidepressants in water induce autism-like gene expression in fish
Antidepressants and other psychoactive medications in water affect the gene expression profiles of fish in a way that mimics the…
Virus linked to macular degeneration
US scientists have found that a type of herpes-virus infection of the eye is associated with age-related macular degeneration, a…
Energy poverty killing more people than malaria
A lack of clean energy for cooking is causing severe respiratory diseases that kill around two million people each year,…
Hazardous levels of noise exposure for 90% of city dwellers
Nearly all city folk are exposed to sound levels that can cause permanent hearing loss, but University of Michigan researchers…
More evidence for environmental chemicals contributing to Parkinson’s disease
A new twin study has found a significant association between exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) and other chemicals used in dry…
Contraceptive pill to blame for rise in prostate cancer?
Intriguing new findings from Canadian researchers link rates of prostate cancer around the globe to environmental estrogen pollution caused by…
Adolescent boys aspire to be average
An intriguing study that looked at male adolescence and body image found a prevailing view among boys that the pursuit…
Radiation’s bad rep a beat-up, controversial new research claims
University of Massachusetts toxicologist Edward Calabrese claims to have evidence that Nobel Prize winner Hermann Muller knowingly lied when he…
BPA exposure makes male animals “less desirable”
New experiments with the ubiquitous plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) show that it causes male deer mice to become demasculinized…
“Hazardous” drinking levels good for the heart
A controversial new study from Boston University shows that alcohol appears to have cardio-protective effects not only in moderate drinkers,…