While rates of dementia for the U.S. population have been relatively stable or in decline since 2000, rates for Black Americans remain disproportionately high, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology. Melinda C. Power, ScD, director of the George Washington University Institute for Brain Health and Dementia, and her colleagues used data from […]
Could something as simple as a certain type of sugar water be medicine for perforated bones, and even bone marrow cancer itself? Inside our bodies are some jellyfish-like cells that actually eat away at our bones. Every year, they eat about ten percent of the bone mass in our body. Fortunately, other cells usually follow […]
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments around the world: from global case numbers and quarantines, to vaccine development, to best practices […]
When the big Outdoor Meeting on the day of Pentecost to the mass of Sars-CoV stick-2 infections lead, to keep the optimists are right: far-reaching relaxations are possible, the risk of contagion is low, a second wave is currently in Germany unlikely. But: distance, hand hygiene and masks must remain – and large-scale events is […]
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at dreams that terrify: nightmares. What causes nightmares, and does everybody have them? What can you do to prevent nightmares? And if you’re caught in the middle of a nightmare, can you turn it off? Listen to Life’s Little Mysteries 28: Mysterious Nightmares, […]
