Niacin, also known as vitamin B3 is one of the essential human nutrients. Without the right levels in our blood we would experience nausea, anemia, headaches, tiredness and skin and mouth lesions and even pellagra. It has also been found to decrease the risk of cardiovascular illness and increase the levels of HDL in the blood. It short, we’ve known that niacin was a very good vitamin for the past … [Read more...]
New Study Find that Sex Addicts’ Brain Activity is Similar to that of Drug Addicts
Sexual addiction is still thought by many not to be an actual addiction; and when we say many, we mean the ones who rejected it from being included in the latest version of the DSM-5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders). Now a new study may have uncovered some important new data that is hopefully going to get professionals and patients to treat this disease as a real … [Read more...]
The Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Could Be Very High in Salt
Pictured above: Artistic impression of how a lake on Titan would look like. According to the data gathered by NASA’s Cassini probe, the ocean on Saturn’s moon Titan (the largest of the planet’s moons) has a very high concentration of salts. The probe only gathered gravitation data and didn’t perform a full chemical analysis, obviously, but the initial data suggest that the ocean has a … [Read more...]
Head-banging Could Cause Rare Brain Injury, Say Researchers
A report that was recently published in the medical journal The Lancet details the case of a rare brain injury experienced by a head-banging Motorhead concertgoer. The same report goes on to add that not all head-banging will produce the same effects, though. It’s interesting to note that a major metal rock band has made it into a medical journal – one doesn’t see this too often. But it’s all … [Read more...]
High-Definition Camera Offers Glimpse into Lives of Arctic Snowy Owls
Arctic snowy owls are as beautiful as they are elusive and difficult to observe in their natural environment. However, scientists recently installed a high-definition camera, whose purpose is to observe the lives of these rare birds. The device was put up at a nesting site in Alaska this week and it immediately went live. Now, both scientists and the general public has the unprecedented chance of … [Read more...]
Study Finds that Binge Drinking Kills 88k Americans Each Year
A recent study published by the United States’ Center for Disease Control confirms the long held assumption that binge drinking is one of the determinant factors of death for adults of working age in the U.S.. The findings of the research state that some 10 per cent of all deaths recorded among working age adults can be chalked up to drinking in excess. The study in question was published in … [Read more...]
Old World Monkeys Developed Facial Features to Discourage Hybridization, Says Study
A recently published scientific study explains that the faces of Old World monkeys have evolved in order to prevent members of this species from crossbreeding. The report, which appeared this week in the academic journal Nature Communications, explains that the evolution of the monkeys’ facial feature is a direct result of the specie’s goal to “strengthen reproductive isolation between … [Read more...]
Study Finds 3D Breast Scans More Efficient in Detecting Breast Cancer
Detecting breast cancer is one of the biggest goals, at which scientists from around the world are hard at work and it seems that a new type of technology may be able to improve the current statistics. A massive study, currently being undertaken at the Massachusetts, as well as at twelve other medical facilities around the United States, took a closer look at almost 500,000 breast scans, conducted … [Read more...]
Rats Experience Regret for Wrong Choices like Humans – Study
Regretting for an inappropriate decision is no longer an exclusive behavioural attribute of humans. Recent study states that even rats do feel regret when they go for wrong choices or inappropriate actions. Simply, rats too feel sorry just like humans. Health Centre at University of Minnesota conducted an interesting experiment and named it as “Restaurant Row”. They have made four model … [Read more...]
Sunscreens, not all are Safe for Skin, Health – Researchers
The effectiveness of some of the sunscreen has been questioned by researchers. The new study found that about 500 of the current year’s sunscreens and products containing sunscreen don’t work. Researchers at the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C claim certain sunscreens containing chemicals, like Padimate-O and Parsol … [Read more...]