This Injectable Bandage Is Made of Pastry Gel. It Could Save Your Life One Day.

 Posted on December 22, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  380 words  |  Patria Henriques

There are a lot of ways to die from a traumatic injury, but many of them come down to this: So much blood spills out that your body just stops working. But now, an experimental "injectable bandage" material aims to slow that process in ways existing technologies can't. What's the point of an injectable bandage? Existing approaches — such as regular bandages, tourniquets and applying pressure — can already slow a deadly bleed. [Read More]

Timothy Ray Brown, 1st person cured of HIV, dies after cancer relapse

 Posted on December 22, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  329 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Timothy Ray Brown, famous for being the first person to be cured of HIV, has died from cancer at age 54. Known as the "Berlin patient," Brown was diagnosed with both HIV and acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells, while living in Berlin more than a decade ago, according to Reuters. After his cancer diagnosis in 2006, Brown received radiation therapy and a bone marrow transplant in 2007; the goal of the treatment was to kill the existing cancer in his body and jumpstart production of healthy white blood cells, which are generated in the bone marrow. [Read More]

Woman seeks man in ancient Egyptian 'erotic binding spell'

 Posted on December 22, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  601 words  |  Patria Henriques

Scholars are translating an 1,800-year-old Egyptian papyrus describing what scholars call an "erotic binding spell," in which a woman named Taromeway tries to attract a man named Kephalas.  On the papyrus, a drawing shows the Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis shooting an arrow into Kephalas, who is depicted nude. The arrow Anubis shoots is intended to inflame Kephalas' lust for Taromeway, researchers say.  Related: Photos: Teen's skeleton buried next to pyramid in Egypt [Read More]

8 Myths That Could Kill Your Relationship

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1250 words  |  Fernande Dalal

There are hundreds of myths about relationships, according to Terri Orbuch, Ph.D, a Michigan clinical psychologist and author of "5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great" (Delacorte Press, 2009). The problem with persistent myths is that they can erode a relationship's happiness, she said. When you think a relationship should be a certain way, and yours isn't, frustration sets in. And "frustration is the number one thing that eats away at a relationship," [Read More]

Ancient Roman Shipwreck May Have Held Giant Fish Tank

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  Trudie Dory

An ancient Roman shipwreck nearly 2,000 years old may once have held an aquarium onboard capable of carrying live fish, archaeologists suggest. The shipwreck, which lay 6 miles (nearly 10 kilometers) off the town of Grado in Italy, was discovered by accident in 1986. Approximately 55 feet (16.5 meters) long, it dated back to the mid-second century and had a cargo of about 600 large vases known as amphoras that contained sardines, salted mackerel and other fish products. [Read More]

Can Chocolate Really Benefit Your Heart?

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  662 words  |  Patria Henriques

Chocolate is good for your heart — sort of, maybe. Eating up to 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of chocolate daily is linked with lowered risks of heart disease and stroke, scientists reported today (June 15) in the journal Heart. That amount of chocolate is equal to about 22 Hershey's Kisses, two Hershey bars or two bags of M&M's, depending on how you want to divvy up this good news. "There does not appear to be any evidence to say that chocolate should be avoided in those who are concerned about cardiovascular risk," [Read More]

Can you spot the crab in this photo? (Hint: It's under the fuzz.)

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  476 words  |  Patria Henriques

A crab species that was recently discovered in Australia fashions itself massive hats and coats made from living sponges, which makes the crustacean look like a wonderfully squeezable stuffed toy.  (Don't be fooled, though — there's a tough exoskeleton beneath all the shaggy fluff!) A family first spotted the crab, the newly named Lamarckdromia beagle, when it washed up on a beach near the city of Denmark in Western Australia. They sent the specimen to Andrew Hosie, curator of the crustacea and worms collections at the Western Australian Museum in Perth, who recognized the animal as some kind of sponge crab, albeit a " [Read More]

COVID-19 may have arrived in US by December 2019

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  617 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

COVID-19 may have already arrived in the United States by December 2019, before the disease was even identified in China, a new study suggests. The study researchers, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), analyzed more than 7,000 blood donations collected by the American Red Cross in nine states between Dec. 13, 2019 and Jan. 17, 2020. Of those, 106 samples tested positive for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. [Read More]

Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Causes, Symptoms and Prevention

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1163 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), also referred to as triple E, is a viral illness transmitted to humans and horses by the bite of an infected mosquito. The insects pick up the virus from biting an infected bird.  Most people infected with the virus will not develop any symptoms from it, and mild forms of the illness, known as systemic infection, may resemble the flu. But about 5% of people who become infected may develop an extremely rare and potentially life-threatening infection that can cause swelling and inflammation of the brain, known as encephalitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [Read More]

Heroism: The Bright Side of Psychopathy?

 Posted on December 21, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  829 words  |  Patria Henriques

Heroes and psychopaths may have something in common, according to new research that links psychopathic personality traits to selfless behavior. The finding may seem incongruous, given that lack of empathy for others is a key trait of psychopathy, which is also marked by impulsivity, superficial charm and lack of remorse. But some personality traits of psychopaths may be, in some situations, positive, said study researcher Scott Lilienfeld, a psychologist at Emory University in Atlanta. [Read More]