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A 2019 small scale study found that aberage men’s beard have more microbes than dog’s fur. www.livescience.com/65293-beards...
Men's Beards Contain More Harmful Bacteria Than Dogs' Fur, Small Study Suggests
A small study has found that male hospital patients had more dangerous bacteria in their beards than dogs did in their fur.
www.livescience.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Large scale study (N=4380) maps 100 most common real life risky choice and found that occupational risks consistently outrank health, financial and recreational ones. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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mRNA vaccines help vs cancer
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Scientists found that childhood ADHD diagnoses increase by 14% on the Halloween days compared with 10 surrounding weekdays news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Study finds spike in ADHD cases on Halloween — Harvard Gazette
Research explores how cognitive bias and external factors can affect diagnoses, especially for disorders that require subjective assessments.
news.harvard.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
GENUS device could slow Alzheimer’s decline. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A review of 8 major studies show that finasteride (A hair loss drug) consistently associated with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/analytic...
Failing Public Health Again? Analytical Review of Depression and Suicidality From Finasteride
This review looks at the potential for finasteride to cause depression and suicidality and makes policy recommendations for regulating and monitoring drug safety.
www.psychiatrist.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There are no proof for Tylenol causing autism, but Valpact use during pregnancy is significantly increase autism risk. ysph.yale.edu/news-article... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
What the research says about autism and acetaminophen use during pregnancy
Dr. Zeyan Liew, PhD, MPH, is one of the country's leading scientists when it comes to studying possible links between frequent acetaminophen use during
ysph.yale.edu
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wİ-Fİ can cause oxidative stress, sperm/testicular damage, EEG changes, apoptosis, cellular DNA damage, endocrine changes and calcium overload. But not cancer. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer...
Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health
Repeated Wi-Fi studies show that Wi-Fi causes oxidative stress, sperm/testicular damage, neuropsychiatric effects including EEG changes, apoptosis, ce…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New research shows that not all ultra processed foods are bad for humans health. Examples like fortified whole grain cereals and certain dairy products may be healthy when consumed as a part of a balanced diet. www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2025/08...
Are all ultra-processed foods bad? New research suggests not
New Swinburne research is challenging the long-held belief that ultra-processed foods are all bad for you.
www.swinburne.edu.au
September 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Those who feel lonely are twice as likely to experience physical pain as those who don't, according to the survey of 256,760 people across 139 countries (Especially for women).
September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In general, attention and focus ability peaks between 27-36 years olds.
September 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ultra-processed foods harm men’s health. They increase weight, disrupt hormones, decrease testosterone, and introduce harmful substances linked to declining sperm quality. They contain industrial and synthetic ingredients. This may be why over the past 50 years, sperm quality has plummeted.
September 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New study suggests air pollution may be a risk factor for autism, depression and anxiety.
August 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yale researchers uncover new RNA editing tools for safer genetic surgery.
August 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Vitamin C supplementation promotes mental vitality in young healthy adults (n=214)
August 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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🏃‍♂️ Exercise may slow biological ageing

A new review found that regular physical activity can slow or even reverse epigenetic ageing, though effects vary between individuals and organs.

🔗 doi.org/10.18632/agi...

#SciComm #HealthyAging 🧪
Exercise as a geroprotector: focusing on epigenetic aging | Aging
Aging | doi:10.18632/aging.206278. Takuji Kawamura, Mitsuru Higuchi, Zsolt Radak, Yasuyuki Taki
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
New computational tool enhances CAR T cell therapy for hard-to-treat cancers.
August 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Testosterone administration reduces lying in men.
August 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
First evidence of celebrating birthday are from Lagash.
August 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Eating three servings of French fries a week is associated with a 20% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but eating similar amounts of potatoes cooked boiled, baked or mashed ones doesn’t substantially increase the risk.
August 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Doing exercises rarely works on losing weight, and anaerobic exercises is a better choice than aerobic exercises for losing weight. Aerobics are generally better for brain health.
August 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Atheism is more natural/primal thing than religion.
August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I just watched weapons, here’s my take: Don’t expect a social message or anything like that, it’s a spooky witchcraft story. Good script, direction, music choice and editing. But film has a lot of holes.
August 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted
Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds
www.science.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM