Category: 5. Health

  • Curbing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is hampered by unknowns about the virus

    Curbing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is hampered by unknowns about the virus

    As an Ebola outbreak grows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers are scrambling to learn more about the rare virus that has sickened hundreds. What they find may be crucial to help turn the tide on a virus that, for now, is outpacing efforts to contain it.

    The…

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  • PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms, study shows – so does their health risk

    PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms, study shows – so does their health risk

    For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes used PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and common in competitive racing just about everywhere.

    Then studies…

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  • Scientists reverse anxiety by fixing a tiny brain circuit

    Scientists reverse anxiety by fixing a tiny brain circuit

    Scientists have identified a specific brain circuit that appears to play a major role in anxiety, depression-like behaviors, and social withdrawal. Even more striking, they found that restoring balance within this circuit was enough to reverse several of these behaviors in mice.

    The research was…

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  • Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns, Pivotal In NBA Finals, Talks Pain, Recovery

    Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns, Pivotal In NBA Finals, Talks Pain, Recovery

    You can say that the New York Knicks have been going to Towns on its…

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