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source Earlier this year, a joint research study conducted by Harvard and the University of Montreal reinforced an earlier 2007 study which found a strong connection between pesticide exposure and Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children. This more recent study coming out of Harvard/Montreal, focused on Organophosphate derived pesticides, in particular. This family of chemicals is [...]

Photo via chuck12600 If you hate carbon emissions, the Australian Outback may seem like a paradise, unless you’re a bit gassy, that is. According to a new study, the vast, sparsely populated Outback stores an incredible amount of carbon within its forests and grasslands, a whopping 9.7 billion tons of the stuff, in fact. As [...]

UK scientists who tested rats’ brains found that brain circuits are naturally “noisy” and susceptible to the celebrated “butterfly effect”, and to overcome this natural byproduct of complexity they probably use a system called “rate” code to cut out background noise, in a similar way to computer circuits. You can read how researchers at University [...]

A new study suggests that incorporating gardening into the education children receive at school boosts their wellbeing, learning and development and helps equip them for many of the challenges of adult life. The qualitative study, published on Monday and commissioned by the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society whose headquarters are in London, was conducted by the [...]

Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are studying a new way to make kidney donation safer, less invasive and almost scar free for women by using a new technique that removes kidneys transvaginally. If surgeons first prove that this new technique is safe for the organ recipient, they will use it to remove the [...]

More than 20 percent of deaths in a study of 12,000 Bangladeshis were attributable to arsenic exposure from contaminated drinking water, new research reports. The large 10-year study is the first to prospectively measure the relationship between individual exposure to arsenic and its associated mortality risk, the authors said. The data, collected by an international [...]

Nearly 20 thousand Americans die each year due to complications that stem from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or better known as MRSA. This “super Staph” has received a lot of media coverage, and for good reason, it’s scary. A regular Staph infection isn’t remarkably dangerous or difficult to treat. In fact, it’s perfectly normal for a [...]

Depression is one of the most common forms of psychiatric disorder. It can occur at any time of life and it may affect children and adolescents as well as the elderly. However, depression can usually be suitably managed with the help of cognitive behavioral therapy. Researchers based at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have been able [...]

The Times of London recently published an article covering the effects of Vitamin D in children as a flu preventative. While it may not be a huge surprise to those of you who regularly frequent this blog, to much of the medical scientific community, it is. source Researchers at Japan’s Jikei University School of Medicine [...]