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With advancements in understanding the sciences and the instruments with which we study it, our collective knowledge of what happens inside ourselves is a work in constant progress that involves the most skilled medical practitioners and researchers. They must remain vigilant for any new details in understanding how our bodies work, as well as how our environment interacts with it. Here, Modern Sciences explores the latest developments in the fields of genetics, human biology, epidemiology, and much more.
What’s the difference between a tumour and cancer?
National Cancer Institute/Unsplash Sarah Sasson, UNSW Sydney and Megan Barnet, Garvan Institute The terms tumour and cancer can…
Kimchi may boost immune function, recent study shows
Eating kimchi daily may help fine-tune the immune system. krein1/ Shutterstock Rachel Woods, University of Lincoln Kimchi has…
Good sleep starts in the gut
Zhur_Sa/Shutterstock Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster You might think good sleep happens in your brain, but restorative sleep…
How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Xinyu Liu, University of Reading and Christos Pliatsikas, University of Reading People are living longer than ever…
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
shutterstock. Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock Aimee Grant, Swansea University; Amy Pearson, Durham University, and Jennifer Leigh, University of Liverpool The…
Five everyday habits that could be harming your pancreas
A few everyday habits play a major role in pancreatic damage. carlesmiro/Shutterstock Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University The pancreas…
Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain
Tijl Grootswagers, Western Sydney University and Daniel Feuerriegel, The University of Melbourne Every November, Black Friday arrives with…
Exercising in mid and later life can reduce dementia risk – new study
Centre for Ageing Better/Unsplash Joyce Siette, Western Sydney University For years, scientists have known that moving our bodies…
How do I know if my kid is worrying about food and their body too much? And what should I say?
kyotokushige/Getty Tracey Wade, Flinders University Eating disorders are most likely to develop in young people aged between 12…
The science of weight loss – and why your brain is wired to keep you fat
When you lose weight, your body reacts as if it were a threat to survival. pexels/pavel danilyuk, CC…