Smoothie time? Pig blood becomes protein powder
An enzyme from papayas can turn pig blood into protein powder, report researchers. Right now, the blood ends up in animal feed.
yesterday • ~4 min
Tags: sustainability protein food blood pigs meat science-and-technology earth-and-environment
The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice
Who knew that black licorice had a dark side? A scientist explains when this treat becomes a threat.
yesterday • ~8 min
Tags: health medicine sugar halloween blood-pressure sweets candy
Early trauma leads to changes in the blood
Early trauma changes metabolites in the blood, researchers find. Those changes can be passed down to the next generation, too, experiments with mice reveal.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: anxiety stress trauma blood childrens-health featured health-and-medicine
Mosquito neurons for tasting blood ‘break the rules’
A unique group of neurons lights up in female mosquitoes only when they're eating the combined ingredients of blood, researchers report.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: neurons blood taste science-and-technology mosquitoes
Immune cells may explain high BP after menopause
Menopause-induced changes to protective immune cells may contribute to the sharp increase in high blood pressure in postmenopausal women.
Oct. 6, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: blood-pressure older-adults menopause health-and-medicine sexes immune-systems
Older people like President Trump are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages
Older coronavirus patients face grimmer outlooks. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus immune-system t-cells immunology aging donald-trump sars-cov-2 immunity adaptive-immune-response innate-immune-response immune-response white-blood-cells t-cell immune-function coronavirus-pandemic diagnostic-test
Family experience shapes diabetes management
Watching a family member or neighbor go through type 2 diabetes shapes the way people with diabetes manage their condition, a new study finds.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: diabetes families social-lives health-and-medicine blood-sugar
Kids on steroids for asthma have increased blood pressure risk
Children who take oral steroids for asthma or autoimmune diseases have a higher risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood clots, a new study shows.
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: diabetes asthma high-blood-pressure childrens-health health-and-medicine steroids
Smart wearable could better measure blood loss
A wearable device could one day help EMTs, medics, and ER doctors assess blood loss to better treat victims of accidents, gunshots, and battle injuries.
Sept. 11, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: blood health-and-medicine wearable-devices emergency-medicine
Metabolic syndrome triples COVID-19 death risk
Patients with metabolic syndrome were at 3.4 times higher risk of death due to COVID-19 and five times more likely to go to the ICU.
Aug. 27, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: diabetes covid-19 obesity blood-pressure featured health-and-medicine metabolic-syndrome
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