Diagnosing Hillary Clinton's Medical Statement
Questions were raised about Hillary Clinton's health after a recent public dizzying episode. Her doctor released a "summary update" on the presidential candidate's health, "since the release of [her] previous medical statement in July 2015." What does this letter mean? Not everything and not nothing.
UV Light Adds Flavor to Out-of-Season Greenhouse Tomatoes
For various reasons, fruits and vegetables grown out-of-season don't taste as good as the in-season variety. And some foodies turn their nose up at greenhouse-raised tomatoes. But a team of researchers from Purdue University wanted to determine if it was possible to enhance their flavor, with interesting results.
Preliminary Research Suggests Means of Fighting Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly cancer of the female reproductive tract — at least partly since it's not found until it has progressed. New research on mouse models of the disease suggest a way to halt that progression — by disinhibiting the body's immune system and allowing it to attack the tumor(s).
Water Birth: To Breathe or Not to Breathe?
A water birth video recently went viral without much mention of safety. Proponents of this fringe delivery method are solving a problem that we don't have. Human birth is an unpredictable and often traumatic journey — so why add a risk factor to an already-risky endeavor?
Why It's Hard to Have Just One Sip of Beer
A recent paper took brain scans and noted changes in response to beer flavor, namely increased activity in the right ventral striatum. Beer caused the scans there to light up more, which the authors believe signaled a desire for more beer, while Gatorade didn't increase beer desire at all.
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