Tag: health
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Disease. Accepting.
Can we learn to live with – rather than kill – cancer? A new study suggests that frequent, low-dose chemotherapy that keeps tumor growth under control may be more effective than standard high-dose chemotherapy that seeks to eradicate cancer cells completely. The treatment strategy, which was tested in mice, flies in the face of conventional…
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Redundant neural connections…
Researchers claim that they have found a possible explanation for schizophrenia. The researchers pieced together the steps by which genes can increase a person’s risk of developing schizophrenia. That risk, they found, is tied to a natural process called synaptic pruning, in which the brain sheds weak or redundant connections between neurons as it matures.…
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Having autism. Having a disability. So? Be indifferent. And you will cure cancer!
"I don’t look like I have a disability, do I?" Jonas Moore asks me. I shake my head. No, I say — he does not. Bundled up in a puffy green coat in a drafty Starbucks, Moore, 35 and sandy-haired, doesn’t stand out in the crowd seeking refuge from the Wisconsin cold. His handshake is…
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Be fat. Stay healthy!
Most of us aren't fond of our flab but perhaps it's time to see it in a new light. Fat cells may be among our first line of defence against pathogens. "Fat has an additional role we didn't suspect", says Jay Kolls of the University of Pittsburgh. Beyond physical barriers such as skin, our main…
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Bacteria. Viruses. Good. Bad...
Normally, you wouldn't want to have anything to do with Clostridium novyi. The rod-shaped bacterium is commonly found in soil, manure or under rotting leaves. When it invades a human body, it releases flesh-eating toxins. The last place you would hope to find it is in a hospital. But researchers used a modified version of…
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