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peanut feeding

Early egg and peanut feeding may help reduce later food allergies in infants, says...

The most common food allergens include peanuts, eggs, milk, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat. These foods account for about 90% of all...
face

Face transplant: what happens when you have a new face

Since 2005, more than 30 face transplant surgeries have been done in the world. However, no documented long-term follow up has been reported. To fill...
Hybrid Approach to Creativity

Hybrid Approach to Creativity: Arts, Science and Everyday Life

The investigation of domain specificity by means of structural models is undoubtedly one of the most cutting edge subjects in creativity research. Whereas the dominant...
smartphone app

How to design a cancer prevention smartphone app

It is estimated that by the year 2030, cancer will harm more than 26 million people all over the world. Many factors contribute to cancer,...
Sad Child

How family stress affects child development

Family stress, such as financial problems, can strongly influence children’s physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Therefore, it is important to understand how this happens and...
marijuana

Co-use of marijuana and cigarettes can strongly harm pregnancy

Recent surveys show that 2-11% of pregnant women use marijuana during pregnancy. Since marijuana use has become legal, the number is increasing and more...
Ultraviolet exposure on beach

What we know about skin cancer

Although most skin cancers are not life-threatening, they do hurt our health. As the incidence rates continue to rise, skin cancer has become a...
athletes

Asthma: the most common chronic disease in Olympic athletes

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in Olympic athletes. In a review published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, scientists summarize causes...
Diabetes

Community-based prevention of type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which the body becomes resistant to the normal effects of insulin and may gradually lose the...
Anti-GCGR mAb treatment

A new way to treat diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that causes the level of blood sugar to become too high. In healthy individuals, two hormones - insulin and glucagon...