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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports have demonstrated that physical activity prompts a clean-up of muscles as the protein Ubiquitin tags onto worn-out proteins, causing them to be...
Four out of five adults experience significant low back pain at some point in their lives, and many contend with ongoing pain; pain triggered or exacerbated by certain positions, movements, or activities; or intermittent...
In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out as a celebration led to a worldwide health crisis: more than 2,000 cases of meningitis broke...
Despite the recent hype, very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet isn’t a new kind of diet. Ketogenic diets have been used for years as a medically prescribed treatment for difficult cases of epilepsy, especially in children....
It’s time to say goodbye to one of the most storied explorers of our age: Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space, NASA announced December 10th. Voyager 2, which launched in 1977, has spent more four decades...
Cigarettes aren’t good for us. That’s hardly news — we’ve known about the dangers of smoking for decades. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us, and can our bodies recover if we stop? Krishna...
Microbes could have performed oxygen-producing photosynthesis at least one billion years earlier in the history of the Earth than previously thought. The finding could change ideas of how and when complex life evolved on...
Of the 4,000 Americans waiting for heart transplants, only 2,500 will receive new hearts in the next year. Even for those lucky enough to get a transplant, the biggest risk is the their bodies...
In this vintage educational video, Drs. Robert Chase and William White describe the functional anatomy of the hand, including detailed descriptions of flexors, extensors, nerves and musculature. [Via: Stanford Anatomy]
Earlier this year, scientists identified the existence of a brand new DNA structure never before seen in living cells. That’s right, it’s not just the double helix. The discovery of what’s described as a...