Fluvial mapping of Mars
It took fifteen years of imaging and nearly three years of stitching the pieces together…
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Governor announces plan for ‘alternative care sites’ as covid hospitalizations hit high – Arkansas Online
Governor announces plan for ‘alternative care sites’ as covid hospitalizations hit high Arkansas Online Read Original…
Research Roundup: January 2021
Belly Fat Linked to Premature Death. Excess belly fat is associated with a higher risk…
EN on Foods: Pecan Power
The Folklore. Whether it’s pronounced PEE-can or puh-KAHN, pecans are a truly American nut, the…
Could You Be Deficient in Vitamin B12?
Vitamin B12 is best known—and most promoted—as a cure for fatigue, but this vitamin is…
Wild-Caught vs. Farm-Raised Fish and Seafood
Fish and seafood are good for brain and heart health, but most Americans don’t come…
Morning Grain Cups
Starting the day with a nutrient-packed, satisfying breakfast is ideal. But many of us don’t…
Make it Meatless!
If you’re motivated to make a healthy change this year, consider including meatless meals. There’s…
Spotlight on Supplements: Elderberry
Many people are seeking ways to support their immune systems and stay healthy. With cold…
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Kick the (Soda) Habit
While the debate rages on about whether or not sodas should be banned in schools…
Nutrition and the Flu; Increase Your Whole Grains
Q Can nutrition help fight the flu? A If you find yourself dealing with the…
Ask the EN Experts: Kombucha
Thirsty for a new type of drink? You might consider adding kombucha into your beverage…
Surgery may offer survival advantage in certain metastatic breast cancers
Surgery, in addition to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may increase the length of…
A new species of mammal may have been found in Africa’s montane forests
A research team has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may…
The psychology of fairness: Why some Americans don’t believe the election results
Many conflicts, like the hotly-contested 2020 presidential race, revolve around fair results. Here’s the psychology…
Bumblebees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads
Bumblebees found in low-quality landscapes — characterized by a relative lack of spring flowers and…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Nobel laureate Charles Rice
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
A groggy climate giant: Subsea permafrost is still waking up after 12,000 years
After the Last Glacial Maximum some 14,000 years ago, rising temperature melted glaciers and ice…
Frozen: Cutting-edge technology reveals structures within cells
Temperatures of minus 196 degrees Celsius enable high-resolution imaging of the cell’s interior. Researchers are…
Antibiotics for C-sections effective after umbilical cord clamped
Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they’re given after the umbilical…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: EU clears Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine; Americans are increasingly willing to get the shot
Good morning, everyone. Damian Garde here, filling in for Ed Silverman once more in the…
A Covid Nose-Irrigation Primer
A small study found that a saline nose wash helped with Covid-19 symptoms, but not…
Watch: What to expect when you’re injected: Vaccine side effects explained
Vaccinations for Covid-19 are now underway in the U.S. Two vaccines – one from Pfizer…
Opinion: Let the ultra-rich and influential skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines? Hear me out
It’s one thing to talk about vaccinating the majority of people living in the United…
STAT+: The most impressive biotech VCs of 2020
Behind almost every biotech IPO, every merger, and every buyout are a set of venture…
STAT+: Health tech’s newest unicorn is running toward Medicaid patients long marginalized in medicine
It has become a business imperative in American medicine to marginalize patients on Medicaid. Their…
Biotech cotton key to eliminating devastating pest from US and Mexico
A collaboration between the University of Arizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated…
Ask Tufts Experts: Deuterium-depleted water; Is corn a starch or a veggie?
Does the amount of deuterium in drinking water matter to one’s health? Judith C. Thalheimer,…
The Great Diet Debate
While any plan that cuts calories will result in short-term weight loss, not all calorie-cutting…
Simple Ways to Step Up Physical Activity
Just one in five women and one in four men in the U.S. meets the…
Newsbites: Chocolate and heart health; diet and dementia; vitamin K benefits; intermittent fasting
More Science that Chocolate May Be Good for Your Heart A new systematic review and…
Easy Steps to a Healthy New Year
This is the time of year we make big promises to ourselves: “I will lose…
Ask Dr. Etingin: Foods that trigger migraines; Athlete’s foot
I’ve heard that certain foods and drinks can trigger migraines. If this is true, which…
Don’t Neglect Your Dental Health
If you have sore or bleeding gums, frequent tooth pain, or other dental problems, there…
Rising Hypertension Rates Prompt “Call to Action”
Are you one of the more than 100 million American adults who have hypertension (HT)?…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Improve Your Coping Skills
We all face challenging problems and situations at times in our lives, and many of…
Four Ways to Begin Your Day with a Healthy Breakfast
Why is breakfast routinely touted as the most important meal of the day? It’s because…
When light and atoms share a common vibe
Scientists demonstrate a state of vibration that exists simultaneously at two different times. They evidence…
3 lessons from Stanford’s Covid-19 vaccine algorithm debacle
Stanford found itself in hot water last week after deploying a faulty Covid-19 vaccine distribution…
The looming questions scientists need to answer about the new variant of the coronavirus
A variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the United Kingdom has forced London to…
Ancient wolf pup mummy in Yukon permafrost from 57,000 years ago
While water blasting at a wall of frozen mud in Yukon, Canada, a gold miner…
New 3D maps reveal inner workings of immune cell gene expression
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how our small genetic differences can have a tremendous effect…
Learning from three centuries of smallpox epidemics in London, UK
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge of interest in the study of infectious…
Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19
A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like…
Current food production systems could mean far-reaching habitat loss
The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new…
Meteoric evidence for a previously unknown asteroid
A team of scientists has identified a potentially new meteorite parent asteroid by studying a…
Looking for dark matter near neutron stars with radio telescopes
In 1983, theoretical physicist Pierre Sikivie found that axions have another remarkable property: In the…
Big step with small whirls
Skyrmions are small magnetic objects that could revolutionize the data storage industry and also enable…
The mechanics of the immune system
Not only chemistry plays a role in the docking of antigens to the T-cell; micromechanical…
How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides
New research shows that pesticides alter how Colorado potato beetles manage their DNA. These epigenetic…