After reading this article I learned that scientists in the UK and Canada have found a link between a mutated gene in parents of children with multiple sclerosis. MS affects the central nervous system. I chose to read this article because I think it would be good if we could pin point the cause of [...]
In this interesting study, researchers are developing a new gene therapy method that would treat a common form of blindness, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. This disease is a genetic defect that is passed down from mother to son. It is caused by degeneration of light-sensitive cells in the eyes, also called photoreceptor cells. Sadly, it affects [...]
While working in his shop one night, this article explained, a man managed to shoot a nail into his brain through his forehead without feeling it! The firing tip of the gun had grazed his forehead, leaving him with a cut, but he didn’t realize that the pressure sensor had fired a nail when it [...]
In a recent incident, two deaths in the State of Louisiana were caused by using neti pots which is a tool that you snort water through your nose to clean out the cavities. The two deaths are thought to have occurred when both victims used tap water instead of distilled water. Scientists believe that [...]
After pythons consume a meal, their major organs swell to almost twice in less than a day. New research has discovered how the snakes can do this without damaging the organs, which scientists think could lead to new treatments for heart disease in humans. After eating something, the blood of a python becomes saturated with [...]
In this interesting study, scientists have discovered a rare gene mutation called Imerslund- Grasbeck Syndrome (IGS) that may have occurred way back to 11,600 B.C. They say it is the second oldest human disease mutation we have yet discovered; the oldest disease is a mutation in cystic fibrosis that appeared between 11,000 and 52,000 years [...]
When soldiers return from combat in war zones they sometimes get what is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This has been developed in there brains because they are used to fighting and always being on look out for something. Their body seems to have a consistent adrenaline rush causing them to be on their [...]
A recent study on athletes training for high energy high endurance sports such as marathons, triathlons, and alpine cycling has shown that it is possible to do permanent danger to the heart if not allowed to rest and recover. If not allowed to recover it is actually possible to stretch the heart muscle which might [...]
This recent study found revealed that people with healthy bodies are better at fighting gum disease. Fat cells trigger inflammation, and when your body is healthier, this inflammation disappears. This website: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237428.php States that there are two theories. “The first theory is that excessive fat cells secrete more cytokines which make insulin more resistant to [...]
In this article from National Geographic accidentally found, on a research about hypnosis, that even when people were not under hypnosis they could still see a color pattern on white or grey colors. They found this while taking on MRI of a person. This study also found that a person who was not susceptible to [...]
