Author name: Payal Gupta

A Doctor on TikTok Shares the Dangers of Taking Paracetamol With Alcohol

Dr. Karan Rangarjan, a surgical doctor and lecturer from Sunderland University, shared a TikTok advising people on the dangers of using paracetamol to treat hangovers. The doctor regularly uses his platform to debunk myths, teach medicine, and give doctors personal details on their hospital lives. For example, in a recent video with more than 1 …

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Scientists Develop a Molecular Atlas of the Brain Development of a Fetus

A study titled Molecular Architecture of the Developing Mouse Brain, published in the Nature journal by the Karolinska Institue, Sweden, and the EPFL has made a molecular atlas of the fetus’s brain development. The study comes at a time when scientists have been trying to understand how different cell types develop. The study used the …

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Scientists Create a Database to Predict Protein Structure

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and DeepMind have partnered to create a database of predicted structures of proteins for the human proteome of about 20,000 genes using artificial intelligence. The new technology could accelerate the discovery of drugs to treat diseases. The team has published the Highly Accurate Protein Structure Prediction for the Human …

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Study Finds That Taking Caffeine Does Not Increase the Risk of Arrhythmia

New research titled Another Cup of Coffee Without an Arrhthymia, Please, published in JAMA International Medicine has found that caffeine does not increase the chances of arrhythmia in most people. For many years now, healthcare workers have asked patients with heart rhythm problems to stop drinking coffee to avoid stimulating the heartbeat. While there is …

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Study Shows That Empathy Among Teens is Related to Family Attachments

Researchers from the University of Virginia have released a study titled Here For You: Attachments and the Growth of Emphatic Support for Friends in Adolescence, published in Child Development. Scientists can link empathy to a teen’s family attachment Researchers found that they can predict a teen’s relationship with their friends through their attachment to their …

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Scientists Develop Medical Adhesive Using Snake Venom

Scientists have developed a medical adhesive from the venom of lancehead snakes. This snake is one of the most poisonous found in South America. The scientists from the Western University in Canada have used baxtroxobin or reptilase, a blood-clotting enzyme in the venom, to create the glue. The adhesive can stick to body tissue and …

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Study Shows That Teaching Children Mindfulness Can Improve Their Sleep

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that mindfulness teaches people to relax and reduce stress by focusing on current movements. These findings could help children sleep better. Poor sleep can harm children as it causes poor performance, mood problems, overeating, impulsive behavior, learning difficulties, accidents, and behavioral issues. So the researchers …

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Scientists Find That Heavy Cell Phone Usage Could Cause Cancer

According to the National Cancer Institute, many people are worried about their smartphones increasing their risk for cancer and other diseases. The reason is that smartphones emit radiation, and many think this could lead to cancer. As a result, there have been numerous studies on the effects of smartphone radiation on the body. Researchers from …

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Study Shows That Handwriting is More Effective Than Typing in Learning Language

A study titled The Effects of Handwriting Experience on Literacy Learning has shown that writing is a more effective tool than typing when it comes to learning. How researchers conducted the study The researchers gathered 42 adults for the study. They split the volunteers into three separate groups and taught them Arabic using different methods. …

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Study Shows That Improvement in the Civics Knowledge of Americans

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Centre have concluded that Americans are more aware of their rights as their civics knowledge has increased since 2006. The researchers conducted an annual poll of about 1000 Americans. They found that 56% of the participants can name the three government branches, that is, judicial, legislative, …

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