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Partial liver transplants show promise
Right now there are about 15,000 people in the US who need a liver transplant. Annually only about 6,000 livers are donated at the cost of around $300,000 each. They’re expensive and rare, but a new procedure that only replaces part of the liver is showing promise. Basically the new process adds Read More...
Eating organic puts fewer pesticides in your body
For decades we have been told that pesticides are safe—just wash your vegetables. We don’t really buy that and a new study has just confirmed our suspicions. Researchers have discovered that people who eat organic have lower levels of pesticides in their bodies than people who eat Read More...
Funny meetings create better ideas
Work meetings are so serious, boring, and mundane. Most of us don’t like them for those very reasons but a new study found that meetings that were the opposite—funny and full of laughter—catalyzed better, more creative ideas. The first study to look at the psychology of humor in meetings Read More...
Homeopathy more effective than a placebo
Many have dismissed homeopathy as no more than a placebo, but a review of recent research is challenging that notion. Researchers looked at the effectiveness of homeopathy against placebos, or dummy pills, and found that those given homeopathic remedies were almost twice as likely to improve than Read More...
Non-binding climate agreements work best
Policymakers around the world are working out the logistics for the next climate change agreement. Given the international political disparity a binding agreement may be out of reach. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Non-binding climate agreements, like the Kyoto Protocol, have turned out Read More...
Device gives deaf children gift of hearing
Cochlear implants have provided thousands of deaf people with the ability to hear. Cochlear implants work by using electrodes to send pulses to the auditory nerve, which the brain then recognizes by sound. But for those born without an auditory nerve cochlear implants and hearing has not been an Read More...
Suit gives paralyzed the gift of walking
A diagnosis of paralysis almost always means you will never walk again. But that’s changing. Watch this short video. Two companies in the US have created a bionic suit that basically walks for the person who is wearing it. The suits are strong and the person wearing them only feels the weight of Read More...
Fungi as effective as pesticides in protecting crops
Organic food is better for your health but a challenge for the farmer. Crop diseases can quickly decimate yields. That’s why botanists are looking for natural ways to protect crops. They have discovered two types of fungi that are just as effective at keeping away common barley seed infections as Read More...
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s before memory loss
About a half million Americans die every year from Alzheimer’s disease. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s is costly; current tests cost around $3000 a pop. But researchers from Emory University have come up with a way to diagnose Alzheimer’s that can be accurate up to three years before memory loss sets Read More...
High seas fishing ban would boost catching equality
Our global fish stocks are being depleted at a rate that is not only unsustainable, but will leave future generations with nearly no fish. Right now 10 high sea fishing nations catch more than 70 percent of fish in international waters. Researchers from Canada have crunched fishing data from high Read More...