Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see aging of their blood vessels reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new study.Read more »
What will happen when the next big earthquake hits northern California? A team of researchers will explore that question at an event April 18, marking the anniversary of the 1906 temblor that leveled much of San Francisco.Read more »
Giving opioids to quell pain after surgery can prolong pain for more than three weeks and prime specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, a study found.Read more »
Americans who admit to having extramarital sex most likely cheat with a close friend, according to research from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences.Read more »
The majority of Twitter users are unaware that researchers freely collect and analyze their tweets, including deleted ones, in the name of science.Read more »
While "healthy" adults have a "positive bias," meaning they internalize positive feedback, people with social anxiety disorder have a "negative bias," which means they take criticism especially hard.Read more »
Exposing preschoolers to an hour of bright light before bedtime almost completely shuts down their production of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin and keeps it suppressed for at least 50 minutes after lights out.Read more »
Healthcare workers, security guards and other employees who periodically work the night shift are significantly more likely to have Type 2 diabetes than workers who work only days.Read more »
Marijuana may not be as damaging to the brain as previously thought; but much remains unknown or unproved, such as whether marijuana has beneficial effects, according to new research.Read more »
