Scientists have found new information on the effects of pregnancy.
A new paper in PLOS One studied how giving birth and breastfeeding affects mothers in a primate model. Researchers discovered that females who had reproduced had lower concentration levels of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus – elements necessary for bone strength. The process of giving birth and breastfeeding permanently altered the female primate’s bones. these findings show how bones are continually changing to respond to physiological processes, like reproduction and menopause.
A key element in fighting cancer can be found in the forest.
A compound called EBC 46 breaks apart tumor blood vessels and ultimately kills cancerous cells. It’s had extremely high success rate fighting cancer in dogs, but it can only be found within a single species of tree in an Australian rainforest. However, new research published in Nature Chemistry may have finally discovered a way to reproduce this compound in a lab – something scientists had previously thought to be impossible.
A new paper in the journal, Endocrinology, is the first to show how men and women respond differently to vascular insulin resistance.
Scientists took 36 young, healthy men and women, then reduced their physical activity while increasing their sugar intake. They found that a high-sugar, sedentary lifestyle only caused a decrease of leg blood flow in men. It also proves that vascular insulin resistance can be triggered by short term, unhealthy lifestyle changes.
Can you think with only half a brain?
Researchers have discovered that losing half your brain does not mean losing half of its functionality. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that patients who had childhood surgery to remove half their brain correctly identified words and faces 80 percent of the time. Scientists are hopeful this discovery will lead to further examinations into neuroplasticity.
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