The brains of dead pigs have been somewhat revived by scientists hours after the animals were killed in a slaughterhouse. The Yale University research team is careful to say that none of the brains regained the kind of organized electrical activity associated with consciousness or awareness. Still, the experiment described Wednesday in the journal Nature showed that a surprising amount of cellular function was either preserved or restored.
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Scientist Find Reviving A Dead Brain Is Possible
Published April 18, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: BRAIN Initiative, consciousness, medical research, medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, neurology, neuroscience, Yale University, zombie
No One Violates The Universal Law of Urination
Published January 23, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 21 seconds, bladder, bodily function, medicine, pee, peepee, research, science, Steele dossier, Urination, wildlife
According to SmithsonianMag.com –
The team filmed rats, dogs, goats, cows and elephants urinating and gathered footage from YouTube of others relieving themselves. Combining this with data on mass, bladder pressure and urethra size, they were able to create a mathematical model of urinary systems to show why mammals take the same time to empty their bladder, despite the difference in bladder size.
Electronic Bandages Could Speed Up Healing
Published December 20, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: electrotherapy, fibroblast, health care, medicine, nanogenerator, research, wound
Scientists have known for a long time that electricity can speed up healing for skin wounds, but the necessary power has usually tied patients to electrotherapy machines. In the future, though, it might not be much more complicated than treating a wound the old-fashioned way.
Victorians Worried About Books And Eyesight Like We Worry About iPhones And Eyesight
Published December 12, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: blue light, eye strain, eyesight, health care, medicine, opthamology, optometry, screen time, sight problems, vision
According to Popular Science –
From concerns over blue light to digital strain and dryness, headlines today often worry how smartphones and computer screens might be affecting the health of our eyes. But while the technology may be new, this concern certainly isn’t. Since Victorian times people have been concerned about how new innovations might damage eyesight.
Improve Your Memory [video]
Published August 21, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Alzheimer's, decline, dementia, forgetfulness, medicine, memorize, memory boost, mental acuity, video
Activated Charcoal Should Be Avoided
Published June 13, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Activated Charcoal, charcoal shots, detox, eating healthy, GOOP, health, medicine, pseudoscience, woo, woo woo
According to Popular Science –
On her Goop website, Gwyneth Paltrow claimed that charcoal lemonade was one of the “best juice cleansers”. That was in 2014. Today, charcoal products—from croissants to capsules—are everywhere. Even high street coffee chains have taken to selling charcoal “shots”. Some vendors of these products claim that activated charcoal can boost your energy, brighten your skin and reduce wind and bloating. The main claim, though, is that these products can detoxify your body.
Laser-equipped Shoes Help Parkinson’s Patients Walk
Published January 5, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: gait freezing, laser, medicine, neurodegenerative, Parkinson, research, walking
Here’s an unexpected but pleasant little way tech might be able to improve a few lives: laser shoes. Yes, seriously. Shoes equipped with small laser emitters were shown in recent tests to help sufferers of Parkinson’s disease to walk normally.
UK’s Last Standing Leech House
Published December 28, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bedale, bloodletting, England, Georgian Bedale Leech House, history, leech, medicine, North Yorkshire, UK, United Kingdom
The Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire is the last standing leech house in the United Kingdom. It was constructed to keep them alive, fresh, and hungry for blood while they waited for druggists or doctors to use them for bloodletting.
Briteside Cannabis Delivery – Yes, It’s A Real Company [video]
Published November 10, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Briteside, cannabis, funny, humor, medical marijuana, medicine, video
Monument to the Laboratory Mouse
Published August 28, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Akademgorodok, anthropomorphic, DNA, genetic research, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Laboratory Mouse, medicine, monument, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, science, statue
The Monument to the Laboratory Mouse can be found in a courtyard at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Akademgorodok, Russia, a research facility associated with Novosibirsk State University that seeks to better understand the nature of DNA. The mighty mouse is of the anthropomorphic variety, with glasses, dressed in a lab coat, and studiously knitting a DNA double helix.
Will It Kill Me? [video]
Published August 11, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: deadly, lethal dose, medicine, overdose, poison, toxin, unhealthy food, video