A new study has found that even if survivors’ physical and psychological scars have healed after experiencing trauma, their bodies can still carry a biological “imprint” of the event years into the future – the body doesn't forget.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Trauma, mental health, Cytokines, Inflammation, University of Oklahoma
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Trauma leaves lasting biological "imprint" even if mentally healthy
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The sooner a farmer knows that their crops are suffering, the faster they can take action to prevent major crop failure. A new plant-leaf-poking sensor could soon help them do so, by sending an alert as soon as the plant gets stressed.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Plants, Crops, Agriculture, Farming, Iowa State University, Microneedles
Patient leaves hospital with titanium heart cycling inside his chest
Posted by ArielTechGeek 47 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world to leave the hospital with the device embedded in his body.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Heart, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Monash University, Arti
The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology. The CL1, from Australian company Cortical Labs, offers a whole new kind of computing intelligence – one that's more dynamic, sustainable and energy efficient than any AI that currently exists – and we will
People who sit on the low or high side of normal vitamin B12 levels are still at risk of cognitive impairment, according to a new study. The researchers behind the study say we need to rethink the ‘healthy’ range for the vitamin that plays a key role in brain and nerve health.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Cognitive functioning, Brain
Gold outperforms Ozempic for weight loss – and leaves muscles alone
Posted by ArielTechGeek 79 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
There's a growing body of evidence that gold nanoparticles can offer significant, targeted weight loss that focuses on fat (lipid) tissue, without affecting muscle structure. What's more, there are added health bonuses, including anti-inflammatory properties and improvements in blood glucose levels.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Alexandria Univer
How social contact can keep you and your brain healthy
Posted by ArielTechGeek 98 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine polar scientists after 14 months isolated at a remote station in Antarctica. The data revealed striking structural brain changes, with a number of crucial regions actually shrinking during their time spent alone at the distant outpost.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness &
herfstvlinders project highlights the impermanence of both material and meaning through organic decay.
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Ancient humans hammered healthy front teeth out to be more 'attractive'
Posted by ArielTechGeek 165 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Many of us will have had a tooth pulled in the dentist chair, either under local or general anesthetic, and even with modern medicine, it's not a pleasant experience. So spare a thought for the people who, for millennia, voluntarily had good, healthy front teeth hammered or pulled out – a practice that continued from 4800 BP to the early 1900s. And it was primarily all in the name of beauty.Conti
Tweak to common cell protein gene extends healthy lifespan by 30%
Posted by ArielTechGeek 180 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Not only have researchers identified how a common cellular protein affects aging, but they’ve tweaked the genes that produce it in fruit flies, extending healthy lifespan by 25% to 30%. The discovery opens the door to healthier aging in humans.Continue ReadingCategory: Aging WellTags: Protein, Genetic engineering, Aging, Lifespan, UCLA
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