Do you love turmeric as much as I do? I’ve found this spice to be incorporated into just about all of my food lately—I even love making a tea out of fresh turmeric root with some coconut oil added in! I just can’t help myself with that coconut oil. With all the love for turmeric, it’s...

With more than 99 percent of multicellular organisms reproducing through sex, it’s easy to think that sexual reproduction happens for reason [1]. There are, of course, organisms that reproduce asexually, which works as a type of cloning method and doesn’t require another organism’s DNA. Asexual reproduction, therefore, doesn’t need two organisms to reproduce, although some...

Last year, a study of 1.7 million people found that if you get your appendix removed, you’re 25 percent less likely to get Parkinson’s disease [1]. Now, a study involving over 62 million health records is showing the opposite. How can this be? Previous research has had a lot to say about the link between...

A cervicogenic headache (also referred to as CGH) is a headache classified by a dull pain that starts from the neck and radiates across the back of the head up towards the temples. The pain may even spread across the forehead and around the eyes or ears [1]. Unlike migraines, a CGH isn’t a throbbing...

We’ve all had the experience where a loved one is going through a tough time, whether it’s an illness, a death in the family, or another type of hardship. When these things happen, we want to do something to help them. In many instances, people say, “Call me if you need anything”, or “Is there...

Former President Carter (the oldest living former president in United States history), had surgery to repair his fractured hip and once joked that turkey season was ending soon and that he’d be missing out on his final days to hunt with his broken hip. Unfortunately, former President Carter isn’t alone. Every year, hundreds of thousands...

Undergraduate students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology have been able to kill cancer cells with cold plasma, also called cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) [1]. This budding new cancer fighter wouldn’t involve drugs and has the potential to help eliminate many of the side effects that come with chemotherapy and radiation, two...

We know that gut bacteria can play an influential in our health and even our behavior, but new research is highlighting the potential role of our gut microbiomes in children’s behavior. A study from Ohio State University looked at the stool samples of 77 children ranging from 18 to 27 months of age, and what...

A car isn’t the only place people and animals can suffer from heat-related illness and even death. Jennifer Amba, a single mom in Canada, says her three-year-old daughter developed heatstroke while taking a nap right in her own bedroom. Amba says she called an ambulance and while waiting for help, it took her 20 minutes...

This article was originally published on August 26, 2019, and has since been updated. People around the world have been paying even more attention to vaping as more than 150 people in the United States—and likely even more by the time you’re reading this article—have been hospitalized for breathing problems linked to vaping. First of...

Alice Roberts, an anatomist based in the United Kingdom, has been vocal about the imperfections of the human body. “I have often opined, in talks and in print, about what a hodge-podge of assembled parts the human body is,” Roberts says on her website [1]. “There are so many incompatible constraints on the design of...

This article was originally published on July 31, 2019, and has since been updated. There are many processed ingredients which hide under alternate names, making it harder to identify what’s really in your products, unless you are very aware. Palm oil is just one of them.  Considered as the most favorable vegetable oil, this extremely...