Video game link to Alzheimer’s?
Video gamers spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their screens. And while the average young…
Vaping flavorings found to alter lung function at cellular level
Certain flavorings used in electronic cigarette liquids may alter important cellular functions in lung tissue, according to new research presented…
Lab study suggests mad cow disease can be transmitted by plants
A study appearing in the latest issue of Cell Reports suggests that grass plants can bind, uptake, and transport infectious…
Hand dryers worse than paper towels for spreading germs
Scientists from the University of Leeds (UK) have discovered that airborne germ counts are 27 times higher around air dryers…
Could tainted cookware be poisoning an entire continent?
Despite the ban on lead in gasoline, blood lead levels in African nations have remained stubbornly high. Now, researchers from…
Compelling new evidence for artificial lighting’s role in breast cancer
Scientists have found that for laboratory rats with human breast tumors, exposure to dim light at night made the tumors…
Feminization of men causing obesity epidemic, say Aussie researchers
An imbalance of female sex hormones among men in Western nations may be contributing to high levels of male obesity,…
Windshield washer water a “significant” source of Legionnaire’s
Outbreaks of Legionnaire’s disease are most often linked to large-scale air conditioning systems, but new research shows that automobile windshield…
Massive decline in food crop diversity threatens global food security
A detailed new study into global food supplies confirms for the first time what experts have long suspected: human diets…
A bad boss can cripple your immune system
A stressful workplace can dramatically change gene expression in our immune system and significantly impact our health, say Ohio State…
Human Carriers of mad cow disease double previous estimate
Analyzing thousands of tissue samples from surgical procedures carried out around the United Kingdom (UK), researchers have estimated that the…
TV drug ads mostly false
Analyzing several years’ worth of pharmaceutical advertisements, researchers found that 6 out-of 10 claims in prescription drug ads on television…
Honey, I baked the kids
The relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado has caused a surge in the number of young children treated for accidentally…
Nocebo effect behind electrosmog illnesses, say European researchers
An investigation into the purported health risks associated with electromagnetic fields has shown that media reports alone may cause suggestible…
Ecotourism wildcard in African disease cocktail
Somewhat counter-intuitively, protected areas of Africa where numbers of humans are limited appear to also be hotspots for the exchange…
New analysis pokes holes in biodiversity’s supposed link to human disease
The vast majority of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from animals, according to the World…
Pesticides may be source of norovirus in food
Outbreaks of norovirus (also known as the winter vomiting bug) are frequently linked to the consumption of fresh food, but…
Oxycontin overdoses at epidemic levels
While heroin overdoses have declined, overdoses from prescription opioids such as oxycodone (marketed as Oxycontin) increased seven-fold in New York…
Steroid use found to damage brain’s spatial functioning
Long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) appears to severely impact a user’s ability to accurately recall the shapes and spatial…
Birds provide new vector for hemorrhagic fever
For the first time, scientists have found ticks infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever on migratory birds that fly between Africa…
Novel rabies-like virus behind hemorrhagic fever outbreak
A 2009 outbreak of acute hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo was likely caused by a novel virus…
Cause of global throat cancer epidemic a mystery
The “astounding” increase in cases of esophageal cancer around the world seems to have begun in the UK in the…
Diesel fumes causing waistlines to bulge?
Pregnant mice exposed to diesel exhaust pollution gave birth to offspring with a significantly higher rate of obesity and insulin…
PVC flooring chemicals taken up by skin contact
Higher levels of the plastics chemicals known as phthalates have been found in children from homes containing PVC flooring materials,…
Controversial bird flu research finally published
After an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, a study that shows how the avian H5N1…
Antibiotics found to have transgenerational effects
Male pseudoscorpions treated with tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and this toxic effect is passed on to their untreated…
Shift work should carry health warnings, say medicos
The strong correlation between shift work, obesity and type 2 diabetes has led health experts to call for the poor…
Alzheimer’s may be transmissible a la mad cow disease
Alzheimer’s disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; suggests new…
Scented laundry products emitting carcinogens
The United States’ top-selling scented liquid laundry detergent and scented dryer sheet emit carcinogenic chemicals from dryer vents, claims a…