August is Psoriasis awareness month. What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a non-contagious, chronic autoimmune disease that causes skin inflammation, and is linked to other autoimmune deficiencies such as psoriatic arthritis. Proriasis Awareness month and is used as an opportunity to educate and inform sufferers on a range of topics varying from treatment, causes, triggers and […]
Which mask works best? To visualise droplets and aerosols, UNSW researchers used LED lighting system & a high-speed camera, filming people coughing and sneezing in different scenarios — using no mask, 2 different types of cloth masks, and a surgical mask. We confirmed that even speaking generates substantial droplets. Coughing and sneezing (in that order) […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8ug9_0kjyo How does breastfeeding work? Milk production is triggered by hormones produced by the placenta, while milk letdown is induced by prolactin and oxytocin after delivery. […]
People who are genetically predisposed to being overweight have a much harder time keeping their weight. A research team led by nutritional epidemiologist Leonie-Helen Bogl at MedUni Vienna’s Division of Epidemiology has conducted a specialised data analysis of a Finnish cohort study of twins and found that genetic risk factors influence eating behaviour. Especially the […]
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Watch this fascinating and rather therapeutic formation of the the human skeletal system by 7active. A 3d animation studio for medical sciences. […]
Losing sleep: How researchers miss a key contributor to autism according to new research from Assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Washington State University Spokane, Lucia Peixoto and Annette Estes, Director and Susan and Richard Fade Endowed Chair of and University of Washington Autism Center. Doctors and scientists should consider sleep problems an integral part […]
There has been a reported breakthrough in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine by scientists at Oxford University. An immune response to the new vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has indicated a strong “double defence”, whereby both antibodies and “killer” T-cells were reported to have been present in blood samples from volunteers in the first […]
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Bees and other pollinators are vital to growing lots of our favourite foods and for plants to flourish in our fields and gardens. Bees’ Needs Week is a great opportunity for you to find out more about how important pollinators are and how you can support them. www.wildlifetrusts.org/bees-needs […]
This animation from the World Health Organisation explains who should wear medical and fabric masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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Optimists live longer than pessimists and have a lower risk of chronic disease – this has been scientifically validated on multiple occasions. A reason for optimists having longer and healthier lives could be that they sleep better: this is the central finding of a recent study led by Jakob Weitzer and Eva Schernhammer from the […]