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U of I Study Gives a Thumbs Up to Carefully Formulated Vegan Diets for Dogs
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U of I Study Gives a Thumbs Up to Carefully Formulated Vegan Diets for Dogs

In today’s pet food market, there are products to match nearly every lifestyle, value system, and price point pet owners demand, including vegan formulations. New University of Illinois research shows at least two human-grade, lightly cooked vegan diets provide adequate nutrition for dogs. “The trends of vegan foods and human grade foods are increasing for...

Picture a Dream: Dream Collaboration’ for Neuroscientists and Artists
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Picture a Dream: Dream Collaboration’ for Neuroscientists and Artists

Dreams are being turned into reality as new research investigating the unusual experiences of people with depersonalisation symptoms is being brought to life in an art exhibition at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England. ARU neuroscientist Dr Jane Aspell has led a major international study into depersonalisation, funded by the Bial Foundation. The “Living...

U.S.-China Tensions: How Africa Can Avoid Being Caught in a New Cold War
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Use of Melatonin Linked to Decreased Self-Harm in Young People

Medical sleep treatment may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, an observational study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests. The risk of self-harm increased in the months preceding melatonin prescription and decreased thereafter, especially in girls. The study is published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Melatonin is a hormone that controls...

Could Altering Vaginal Microbiome Treat Vaginal Dryness and Painful Sex During Menopause?
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Could Altering Vaginal Microbiome Treat Vaginal Dryness and Painful Sex During Menopause?

As women age, they are more susceptible to vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse because of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). A new study suggests that ospemifene and systemic hormone therapy both result in improving VVA symptoms and likely improve the vaginal microbiome by reducing potentially harmful bacteria and increasing health-promoting microorganisms. Study results are published online...

Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories That Spread Fastest Focused on Evil, Secrecy
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Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories That Spread Fastest Focused on Evil, Secrecy

In the early pandemic, conspiracy theories that were shared the most on Twitter highlighted malicious purposes and secretive actions of supposed bad actors behind the crisis, according to an analysis of nearly 400,000 posts. In the study, researchers identified commonalities in five of the most popular conspiracy theories: those related to Bill Gates, 5G Networks,...

Plague Trackers: Researchers Cover Thousands of Years in a Quest to Understand the Elusive Origins of the Black Death
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Plague Trackers: Researchers Cover Thousands of Years in a Quest to Understand the Elusive Origins of the Black Death

Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers at McMaster University, University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind. Despite massive advances in...

New App to Help People Eat the Right Portion Sizes to Get to 5 a Day
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New App to Help People Eat the Right Portion Sizes to Get to 5 a Day

A new app has been developed to help people reach the recommended target of eating five portions of fruits and vegetables a day. It tells users whether they are eating the right portion sizes, as well as the right foods, to meet the recommended guidelines from Health Authorities in the UK. Previous studies from Bournemouth University found...

Calmness and the Common Good, Anyone? Mindfulness Can Help Deal with Challenges in Working Life
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Calmness and the Common Good, Anyone? Mindfulness Can Help Deal with Challenges in Working Life

At work, mindfulness, ’present-moment awareness’, benefits not only the individual but the whole work community, comes up in Laura Urrila’s doctoral dissertation in human resource management. When an individual participates in mindfulness training, the implications spill over to the wider work community. – Leaders who practise mindfulness are more present, give others space, seek to...