Category : science

Couple meets recipient of 11-year-old son's heart on their wedding day: 'To me, this is where it belongs'

After their 11-year-old son suddenly passed away in 2012, a couple decided to donate his organs. Seven years later, on their wedding day, the recipient of their son's heart surprised the couple at the court house with a stethoscope.

My Migraines Distorted My Vision and Speech - Here's What a Doctor Said Was Going On

The first time I experienced a migraine with aura, I was sitting in my high school physics class. I was grinding my way through a worksheet, eyelids heavy and sleep-deprived as usual, when a bright string of light appeared on the left side of my fiel...

16 of the Funniest (and Most Relatable) Tweets About Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

These funny and relatable tweets nail what Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is like.

Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia: study

Using gnomic surveillance to track the spread of drug-resistant malaria, the scientists found that the strain, known as KEL1/PLA1, had also evolved and picked up new genetic mutations that may make it yet more resistant. "We discovered (it) had spre...

Have space fever? Here are five jobs that will take you closer to the stars

From space historian to space doctor, jobs that will take you where no man has gone before are becoming more mainstream.

New Study Says Paleo Diet Could Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease

Here’s why you might want to ditch the Paleo diet and eat more carbs for better health (yes, really!)

Antibiotic use without prescription common in U.S.

A growing number of germs around the world are already resistant to antibiotics, making it increasingly difficult to treat infections that were once easy to combat with medications. While much of this problem is caused by doctors prescribing antibio...

Plant-based diets tied to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Researchers examined data from nine previously published studies with a total of 307,099 participants, including 23,544 people who developed type 2 diabetes. Overall, people who most closely adhered to a vegan, vegetarian or other type of plant-base...

Eastern US cities spewing more methane into air than thought

Older U.S. east coast cities are leaking nine times as much natural gas into the air — from homes or pipes heading into houses — than the federal government had thought, a new airborne monitoring study finds. It's probably not a safety problem becau...

New Species of Tiny, Glowing Shark Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

Tiny shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Should You Take Daily Aspirin for Your Heart?

Nearly 30 million Americans who are 40 or older—who don’t have cardiovascular disease—take aspirin every day anyway, with the aim of protecting their hearts. Of these, 6.6 million do it without a...

Study: Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health

Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already had a heart attack or stroke and for those d...

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