HEALTH
Traffic Lights Like Labelling Can Help People Choose Healthier Foods
A set of nutrition-focused digital assists on an online grocery site encouraged customers make healthier food choices.
Antibiotic Resistant Bug Found in Retail Chicken In Bangladesh
E. albertii is known to cause gastrointestinal diseases in humans, such as watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and fever.
Biomarkers Identified For Better Diagnosis Of Peri-Implantitis
Researchers in South Korea have identified unique genetic markers of the chronic inflammatory disease that affects dental implants.
This New Gene Therapy May Treat Genetic Deafness
A gene editing tool specialised to target inner ear cells holds the potential to treat genetic hearing loss.
Better Reproductive Microbiome Benefits Female Fertility
A recent review explores how the microbiome of female reproductive tract can affect pregnancy outcomes and gynaecological diseases.
New Non-Invasive Brain Surgery Can Help Treat OCD
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) capsulotomy non-invasively and precisely removes tissues in the brain region of interest.
Gut Microbes Can Help Manage Anxiety
A study in mice traces how resident gut microbes and their chemical byproducts influence brain activity to regulate anxiety.
Daycare Boosts Development In Early Childhood
The Japanese study breaks the traditional ‘Three-Year-Old-Myth’, which forces mothers to stay home and care for their children until they turn three.
How Fetuses Defend Themselves From Viral Infections
Once thought to rely solely on maternal immunity, fetal immune cells respond to Zika virus in distinct ways.
Why Children With ADHD Struggle To Sleep
The study identified a genetic overlap between ADHD and reduced melatonin, a hormone that signals the body to wind down before bedtime.
