Scientific studies are often speckled with words like 鈥渃an,鈥� 鈥渃ould,鈥� 鈥渕ay,鈥� 鈥渁ppear,鈥� 鈥渓inked鈥� or 鈥渃orrelated.鈥� This is bothersome. These terms are just too 鈥渋ffy鈥� to allow for any solid...
The word 鈥渜embi鈥� roughly translates as beautiful, elegant or healthy and was somewhat ambitiously chosen as the root for 鈥淟eqembi,鈥� the Alzheimer鈥檚 disease drug that recently made a big media...
Alzheimer鈥檚 is a terrifying disease. Since no new medications for this condition have been introduced for about two decades, it is certainly understandable that any new drug that receives...
If you had to, would you rather become blind or loose your sense of smell? A classic question in the child鈥檚 game 鈥渨ould you rather?鈥� The popular answer seems obvious: smell. Often the most...
Victims of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease experience a continuous degeneration of nerve cells. Most of the nerve cells affected are responsible for releasing acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter believed to be...
Sticking to the Mediterranean diet聽鈥撀爈ow in meat and dairy products,聽high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish聽鈥撀爓ould seem to be a good start. A study of close to 500聽seniors with mild...
A couple of years ago the Montreal Gazette had a stunning headline: 鈥淔loss or Die!鈥� it screamed on the front page. Another sensationalized piece of journalism, I thought. Not flossing may make you...
The city of Belem in northern Brazil has a population of about 2,000,000.聽 It would be very interesting to find out if its inhabitants have an unusually low incidence of illnesses such as cancer,...
Think about this.聽 What has no mass, doesn鈥檛 occupy space, has no mobility, cannot be touched and yet exists?聽 A thought!聽 And what a mysterious thing it is!聽 Just about all we know for sure is...
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