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11/15/2018 / By Ethan Huff

What can be done to address the number of suicides carried out with pesticides?

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, roughly 45,000 Americans take their own lives every single year, making suicide the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. And recent research out of Denmark reveals that as many as 20 percent of these suicides – and in some parts of the world that […]

10/08/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Glucose-derived dietary supplement increases muscle-force production in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

According to a study, a dietary supplement extracted from glucose can help boost muscle-force production. Researchers involved in the study believe this can one day help patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The study, which involved researchers from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine and Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Centre-Université Laval, was published in the scientific periodical […]

09/07/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Study that claims multivitamins are not effective may have had methodology problems, says nutrition expert

We all know that vitamins are healthy. Whether you take a multivitamin or not, no one can deny that our bodies need nutrients for functioning and good health. What’s more debatable, however, is whether or not multivitamins are effective. Many people swear by them, while others think they’re just a waste of money. Adding to […]

07/29/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Fascinating study concludes that dentists can smell when you’re afraid, making them more likely to make mistakes

No matter what your age, the thought of going to the dentist might fill you with fear and/or anxiety. According to a study by a group of researchers who observed dental students, “dentists can smell when a patient is anxious.” The smell of fear or anxiety can even affect the performance of dentists, increasing the […]

03/25/2018 / By Zoey Sky

The health benefits of royal jelly can improve outcomes for diabetes patients

Aside from being known pollinators of food crops, bees also provide us with beeswax, honey, and propolis. Even bee venom has life-saving properties. But did you know that a certain honey bee secretion called royal jelly also offers a lot of health benefits? Bees secrete royal jelly, a unique healing compound that functions as nourishment for the […]

10/18/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Bad science warning: More than 30,000 studies may have been compromised by contaminated cell lines used for decades

What if everything you thought you knew turned out to be wrong? Books and movies have posed this dramatic question in the past, but now it could become reality as new research casts doubt on the cell samples used for more than 30,000 scientific studies. According to a report out of Radboud University in the […]

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