Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound…
Major UK clinical trial finds surfactant therapy ineffective for severe bronchiolitis
A major UK-led clinical trial has found that a treatment commonly used to help premature babies breathe offers…
Gut bacteria may explain differences in peanut allergy reactions
One of the big mysteries in food allergy is why two people with similar levels of peanut specific…
Updated newborn screening guidelines aim to improve cystic fibrosis detection
An updated report on cystic fibrosis (CF) from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, in…
Camera-based technology measures cardiopulmonary coupling without physical sensors
From a physiological perspective, heartbeats and breathing do not operate independently in the human body. Cardiac rhythm varies…
Interferon response key to fighting rhinovirus infections in nasal passages
When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages,…
Tonsil surgery death: Health NZ completes review into care, faults support to boy’s grieving family
The boy collapsed and began vomiting blood at his West Auckland home on April 3 before he was…
Mask requirements at Maryland hospitals return amid rising flu cases
Experts warned amid the holiday season that fewer vaccinations and a new influenza variant swarming the region could…
Etomidate proves safer than ketamine for emergency intubations
Doctors treating seriously ill patients in an emergency setting may want to give the sedative etomidate, rather than ketamine,…
Gary Brecka reveals his 6 free biohacks
You don’t have to be a billionaire to biohack your way to a longer life. “The most powerful…
Blinking suppression reveals how the brain filters speech in noisy environments
Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually…
Treating sleep apnea can lower Parkinson’s disease risk
A massive study of more than 11 million U.S. veterans reveals that treating sleep apnea early with CPAP…