Category: Lifestyle

Tomatoes are used extensively in Indian food, appearing in everything from salads and curries to soups and smoothies. But the rising prices are wreaking havoc on the budgets of many households in Delhi and its nearby region. So, is it time to abandon tomatoes entirely? No, not at all. In terms of taste and colour, […]

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that examined U.S. hospital compliance with new rules requiring hospitals to disclose prices found wide fluctuations across states, with some states achieving 75 percent or higher compliance and others coming in at 25 percent or lower. Taken together, more than half—55 […]

Middle-aged endurance athletes have better control of blood pressure and higher arterial elasticity (a noninvasive measure of cardiovascular risk) than sedentary adults in the same age group. They also displayed comparable levels of these factors compared to young adults, thanks to regular aerobic exercise, according to new results from a joint study by physiologists in […]

Low-income Hispanic/Latina women who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution during mid-pregnancy are at greater risk of depression one year postpartum, according to a USC MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities study. The research, published recently in the journal Environmental Health, followed 180 women from early pregnancy to one year after giving birth, […]

Children who have experienced the death of a parent are at an increased risk for mental health disorders, depression, and suicide, but a new study from a researcher with UConn’s Department of Human Development & Family Sciences is shining light on how supporting surviving parents can help reduce suicide risk in vulnerable youth. “Researchers have […]

There’s a lot that our eyes have to protect themselves from—dust and debris; viruses and bacteria; chemicals from things we use every day like soaps and lotions; ultraviolet radiation from the sun; and hours of looking at computer screens or devices. Given all these potential threats, it might be surprising to learn that parts of […]

The research groups of Jeroen Bakkers (Hubrecht Institute/UMC Utrecht) and Toon van Veen (UMC Utrecht) report the first patient-specific model for the heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). They were able to simulate the human form of this disease by introducing a genetic mutation called Phospholamban (PLN) p.Arg14del in zebrafish. The cellular changes resulting from the […]