Through much of the last year, COVID-19 has propelled many people to accept and follow new patterns of behavior. These include wearing a mask in public, attempting to socially distance and restricting groups to smaller numbers. Developed in what critics say was an absence of strong national leadership, these behaviors have been policed, by and […]
Taking his time. Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead’s 5-year-old son, Brayden, didn’t immediately connect with his dad’s fiancée, Heather Rae Young. Heather Rae Young’s Sweetest Moments With Tarek El Moussa’s 2 Kids “He was three years old [when] she came in one day out of nowhere and, like, just moved in,” the Tarek’s Flip […]
Does losing weight while you sleep sound too good to be true? According to a study by the University of Tsukuba, it seems that drinking oolong tea might help you do just that. While all tea comes from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, the degree of oxidation, a chemical reaction that turns tea leaves black, […]
By any measure, carbon-based life originates from carboxylation. That is to say, the coupling of atmospheric carbon dioxide to sugar. Carboxylation is also critical for mitochondria to function. There are five carboxylation enzymes in mitochondria, and they share one thing in common—they are all operated by a covalently linked biotin cofactor. Biotin is also known […]
CytoDel, Inc., a privately-held corporation, today announces the publication of preclinical data on the company’s lead product, Cyto-111, in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Translational Medicine. Cyto-111 was conceived, expressed and purified in the laboratory of Konstantin Ichtchenko, Ph.D., NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, who was a principal investigator in […]
The Funfetti news just keeps coming! After just finding out that Pillsbury would be releasing Funfetti Brownie Mix, now we’re getting a frozen treat with the iconic colorful sprinkles. It was only a matter of time (and we’re glad this is the time) that Funfetti Ice Cream came knocking on our doors. In true @candyhunting […]
Alexia Clark is known for her fitness tutorials and challenges on Instagram but a post she shared Monday afternoon was a clear departure from her usual. In the photo, Clark can be seen lying in a hospital bed with an oxygen tube in her nose. And, in the caption, she talked about her recent health […]
For decades, physicians have known that about half of all patients with heart failure appear to have hearts that contract normally—a syndrome now known as heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (or HFpEF, pronounced hef-pef). This type of heart failure was first seen primarily in slim, elderly women with high blood pressures and thicker […]
For a few days in December, Rhode Island was one of the worst places on the planet when it came to new cases of COVID-19 per capita. Hospitals hit capacity as the rate of new cases topped the nation, nearly double the rate in neighboring Connecticut. The state’s record for daily COVID-19 deaths, set in […]
When Bria Hutson was growing up in East Oakland, California, she had a routine. Every day after school, she and her friends would stop at a corner store and load up on chips, sodas and other junk food. The nearest grocery store was miles away and her mom didn’t drive. Everyone around her ate fast […]
