Actually, It ’ s OK to Slouch
One of the latest and surprising findings in the field of physical therapy is that slouching is not as bad as we think it is. Certain researchers have gone so far as to say that the conventional fear mongering regarding poor posture can actually be more harmful than slouching itself. Undoing over a century’s worth of public health messaging about the evils of poor posture—let alone the custom of elders telling youngsters to “sit up straight”—will be a monumental task.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Beth Linker Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
PredxBio Unveils Revolutionary SpaceIQ ™ Platform Ushering in a New Era of Spatial Multi-Omics at 2024 AACR Annual Meeting
PredxBio, a leading technology company for spatial biology solutions, is set to make waves at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in San Diego, taking place from April 7th to 11th. Attendees are invited to explore PredxBio Booth #952, where... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 7, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TDS Source Type: news
The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change
Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book revealsShortly after Charles Darwin published his magnum opus,The Origin of Species, in 1859 he started reading a little-known 100-year-old work by a wealthy French aristocrat.Its contents were quite a surprise. “Whole pages [of his book] are laughably like mine,” Darwin wrote to a friend. “It is surprising how candid it makes one to see one’s view in another man’s words.”In later editions ofThe Origin of Species, Darwin acknowledged Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, as one of the “few” people who had understood...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 7, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Donna Ferguson Tags: Charles Darwin Evolution Biology Science France Europe World news Source Type: news
Complicated CAP Does It All
Researchers found that actin filaments can behave counter to decades-old actin dynamics dogma, changing how biologists think about cell movement. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
If you torture your data long enough, it will confess to anything: on the epidemiological basis of the LNT model - Socol Y.
This note deals with epidemiological data interpretation supporting the linear no-threshold model, as opposed to emerging evidence of adaptive response and hormesis from molecular biology in vitro and animal models. Particularly, the US-Japan Radiation Eff... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
What the papers say is still seen by many who don ’t buy them | Brief letters
Newsstand influence | Tax relief for charitable giving | Starter for 10 | Mind-body dualism | A period of silence from MPsArchie Bland notes the declining circulation of the Sun and the Times (Winning over the Times and the Sun won ’t decide the next election – but Starmer’s Labour can’t kick the habit, 2 April). But newspaper displays in supermarkets and motorway service areas act as billboards. Thousands of non-buyers still see the screaming tabloid headlines every day. Whether they are influenced would be an interesting research topic.Martin LewisWakefield, West Yorkshire• Incentives to donate to charities alr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Newspapers The Sun The Times Charitable giving Income tax University Challenge Death and dying Consciousness Politics Biology House of Commons Media & magazines Neuroscience Oxbridge and elitism Source Type: news
Muscle cramp compound may drive deadly wasting in cancer patients
“The flesh is consumed and becomes water … the abdomen fills with water, the feet and legs swell, the shoulders, clavicles, chest, and thighs melt away. … The illness is fatal.”
This spine-chilling description, written by Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates, is believed to be the first account of a deadly muscle wasting disease called cachexia (pronounced kuh-KEK-sia). Scientists estimate that up to 80% of cancer patients suffer from the condition, where the body relentlessly eats away at itself until organs such as the heart and diaphragm stop working. Even if cachexia doesn’t directly kill a patie...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 3, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Global push to put natural history collections online gets major U.K. boost
Tucked away in drawers and cabinets in hundreds of institutions around the world may be answers to how our planet formed, how life evolved and interacts, and how resilient it may be in the future. But those collections—millions of ancient rocks and fossils, pressed plants, pinned insects, and other specimens—can only yield insights if researchers around the world can access them.
Now, efforts to digitize collections, making them accessible to all, have received a major boost. Last week, the U.K. government announced that, beginning in 2026, it will provide £155 million (almost $200 million) over the following 10...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
John Midgley obituary
My colleague and friend John Midgley, who has died aged 88, was a scientist, biochemist and researcher best known for the invention and development of thyroid hormone blood tests in the 1980s.A pioneer in medical biochemistry, his work in the field of thyroid hormone detection hugely improved patient care. John was also a passionate advocate for patients – as a medical adviser to the charity Thyroid UK, commentator and writer.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Rudolf Hoermann Tags: Thyroid disorders Science Medical research Biochemistry and molecular biology Yorkshire Healthcare industry University of Leeds University of Oxford Newcastle University Source Type: news
PredxBio and Sirona Dx Join Forces to Revolutionize Drug Discovery and Development with SpaceIQ ™ Leveraging Advanced Spatial Analytics and Explainable AI Solutions
PredxBio, Inc., a leader in spatially intelligent biology, and Sirona Dx, a leader in single cell multi-omics, analytical services, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at reshaping the landscape of drug discovery and development. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in the... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: LIC Source Type: news
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thoughtPatient One was 24 years old and pregnant with her third child when she was taken off life support. It was 2014. A couple of years earlier, she had been diagnosed with a disorder that caused an irregular heartbeat, and during her two previous pregnancies she had suffered seizures and faintings. Four weeks into her third pregnancy, she collapsed on the floor of her home. Her mother, who was with her, called 911. By the time an ambulance arrived, Patient One had been unconscious for more than 10 minutes. Par...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Alex Blasdel Tags: Death and dying Consciousness Science Biology Neuroscience Hospitals Source Type: news
Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse? – podcast
Being more flexible than the average person can have its advantages, from being great at games such as Limbo to feeling smug in yoga class.But researchers are coming to understand that being hypermobile can also be linked to pain in later life, anxiety, and even long Covid.Madeleine Finlay hears from the science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience of hypermobility, and finds out what might be behind its link to mental and physical healthRead Linda Geddes ’ article on hypermobility hereContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay with Linda Geddes, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Health Science Medical research Human biology & wellbeing Fitness Source Type: news
Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing
China ’s He Jiankui, who used Crispr to edit genome, says he is working on genetic diseases and suggests human embryo gene editing will one day be acceptedA Chinese scientist who wasimprisoned for his role in creating the world ’s first genetically edited babies says he has returned to his laboratory to work on the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other genetic diseases.In aninterview with a Japanese newspaper, He Jiankui said he had resumed research on human embryo genome editing, despite the controversy over the ethics of artificially rewriting genes, which some critics predicted would lead to demand for “designer ba...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Justin McCurry in Osaka Tags: Genetics Biology Science World news China Source Type: news
A Space Sequence Saga
Astronaut Kathleen Rubins and her samples do not settle when it comes to space biology. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 1, 2024 Category: Science Tags: Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’
Researchers have found fresh evidence that may connect the mysterious Denisovans to the early human species Homo longiThey remain one of the most elusive groups of humans to have walked on earth. Evidence from the DNA traces left by Denisovans shows they lived on the Tibetan plateau, probably travelled to the Philippines and Laos in south Asia and might have made their way to northern China more than 100,000 years ago. They also interbred with modern humans.What Denisovans looked like or how they lived has remained a mystery, however. Only a jaw fragment, a few bits of bone and one or two teeth provide an...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 30, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Science editor Tags: Evolution Anthropology Science Biology Neanderthals Source Type: news
