Monthly Archives: December 2017
Canola oil linked to worsened memory and learning ability in Alzheimer’s
“a new study published online December 7 in the journal Scientific Reports by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) associates the consumption of canola oil in the diet with worsened memory, worsened learning ability and weight gain in mice which model Alzheimer’s disease. The study is the first to […]
Dengue Vaccine Program Halted Over Safety Issues
“Two studies have suggested that for children who haven’t been exposed to dengue before vaccination, Dengvaxia, the drug made by France-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi, can actually increase the likelihood of hospitalization for the disease”
Exercise changes gut microbial composition independent of diet, team reports
“Two studies – one in mice and the other in human subjects – offer the first definitive evidence that exercise alone can change the composition of microbes in the gut.”
Breast milk found to protect against food allergy
“Eating allergenic foods during pregnancy can protect your child from food allergies, especially if you breastfeed, suggests new research from Boston Children’s Hospital.”
Gulag Archipelago and The Wisdom of Solzhenitsyn
“We have to condemn publicly the very idea that some people have the right to repress others. In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.” By Academy of […]
Antibiotics may reduce the ability of immune cells to kill bacteria
“A new study led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has shown that antibiotics can also reduce the ability of mouse immune cells to kill bacteria, and that changes to the biochemical environment directly elicited by treatment can protect the bacterial pathogen.”