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What is resilience? And why can trauma and stress leave one person reeling, while someone else may coast through the same troubles with just a shrug and a smile? That’s the heart of the research conducted at the Resilience Lab at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The scientists there are studying groups that

When was the last time you washed your tea towels? If you’re anything like us, you’re probably struggling to remember. Maybe last week? Or whenever that time was when you spotted some caked on pasta sauce? We all know that we should be washing our bath towels, makeup brushes, bras, and bedsheets more often than

It was the pop felt around the world. When Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant collapsed to the court in Game 5 of the NBA Finals last month, many people watching knew right away what he had done. Durant had sustained one of the worst injuries for any athlete: a ruptured Achilles tendon. Immediately, talk

Beyond Meat announced that its new Beyond Beef plant-based ground product arrives in retail stores this week. The latest innovation comes closer to traditional ground beef in flavor, look, and texture. Beyond Beef contains coconut oil and cocoa butter to create a marbled effect and juicy ground beef-like texture. If you’ve ever thought about chopping

In your teens and 20s, it used to be that you could eat pizza every night for a week without a lot of pushback from your body in the form of extra pounds. In your 40s, not so much. Maybe you’re even eating much better now, but weight is still accumulating. It’s usually not just

Cytokines, small proteins released by immune cells to communicate with each other, have for some time been investigated as a potential cancer treatment. However, despite their known potency and potential for use alongside other immunotherapies, cytokines have yet to be successfully developed into an effective cancer therapy. That is because the proteins are highly toxic

A team of Penn State and University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine researchers is attempting to answer a question that has long puzzled experts: Why do some individuals suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing trauma, and others do not? The research, led by Nanyin Zhang, professor of biomedical engineering and Lloyd & Dorothy

Russian girl, six, born with no lips or chin flies to London for pioneering surgery to rebuild her face and finally let her eat, speak and smile Darina Shpengler is thought to have a rare condition called Nager syndrome  Doctors recommended her mother Elena abandon her to become an orphan Cruel strangers stare, with some even

Researchers have shown that higher intelligence and younger age are predictors of greater cognitive recovery 2-5 years post-mild to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). In contrast, injury severity, as measured by the duration of post-traumatic amnesia, was not associated with greater or worse long-term cognitive recovery, as supported by a study published in Journal of

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been previously associated with a higher risk of hypertension in high-income countries, where air pollution levels are generally lower than in low- and middle-income countries. A team led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la Caixa,” set out to study this association in

Women exposed to a ‘gender-bending’ chemical found in some anti-bacterial soaps and toothpastes ‘are more likely to break their bones’ Triclosan is used in products such as toothpaste, mouthwash and cosmetics A study found women with higher levels in the urine had weaker bones Researchers said triclosan could be a risk for the bone disease

Researchers at the University of Toronto and University Health Network have found that standard pathology grading for the most common type of pancreatic cancer can be improved to better predict patient outcomes. The research shows that conventional, histological analysis of pancreatic tumours—based in part on morphology, or shape and structure—can better predict outcomes by taking

The CENIEH researcher Emiliano Bruner has led a study which uses networks to investigate the geometric relationship among the principal regions of the cerebral cortex. Network analysis is used in fields as diverse as economics, engineering and sociology to analyze relationships among elements. Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la

A new study has found that variability in night-to-night sleep time and reduced sleep quality adversely affect the ability of older adults to recall information about past events. The study also found unexpected racial differences in the type of sleep patterns tied to lower memory performance across both younger and older African American research participants.

Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction is for people with food allergies to completely avoid the food to which they are allergic. Researchers are actively seeking new treatments to prevent or reverse food allergies in patients. Recent

Pregnant mother’s heartbreak as she has to carry both of her twins to full-term – even though one died in the womb at 17 weeks Becki and Cees Van der Land were told one twin’s heart had stopped at 17 weeks The little girl had a genetic condition which stunted her growth The remaining twin, a

When your period is MIA, it can send you into an anxiety spiral. Whether or not you’re trying to get pregnant, noticing that your menstrual cycle has suddenly stopped raises a lot of questions, including why your period is late. For people with periods, paying close attention to our cycles helps us stay in tune

Fox News Flash top headlines for June 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for June 21 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Federal regulators approved a medication Friday to boost low sex drive for women that comes in the form of a shot to the thigh or abdomen. The approval from the Food

Despite our absolute love for keto, we can’t ignore the fact that this carb-free diet (like pretty much any other form of dieting) has always been controversial within the medical community. While Dr. Andrew Weil acknowledged to PEOPLE at a recent event for his restaurant True Food Kitchen “there’s little doubt that you can lose

Personal assistant, 28, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at just 13 after going to the dentist to complain about her mouth ulcers Rosie Campbell went to the dentist when she developed pain in her mouth Diagnosed in 2003 and told she would suffer blood poisoning without a stoma Resisted for six months before her condition