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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.
Ice baths are popular for exercise recovery and general wellness. But what does the science say?
Michele Ursi/Shutterstock Hunter Bennett, University of South Australia and Ben Singh, University of South Australia Ice baths have…
Hyperbaric oxygen might be effective treatment for PTSD – here’s how it works
Anders Kjellberg, Karolinska Institutet Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in military veterans but can affect anyone who…
Hantavirus: here’s what you need to know about the infection that killed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa. Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Adam Taylor, Lancaster University Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his…
Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study
PorporLing/Shutterstock Rongbin Xu, Monash University and Shuai Li, The University of Melbourne Heat takes it out of you.…
Selenium is an essential nutrient named after the Greek goddess of the Moon − crucial to health, it may help prevent and treat cancer
Selenium is found in trace amounts in living organisms, soil and plants. Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock via Getty Images Plus…
Viking Skulls Reveal Signs of Infections, Arthritis, and Dental Disease, Study Finds
At a Glance Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have uncovered significant health issues among the…
Study Reveals Gradual Evolution of Lighter Pigmentation in European Populations Over 45,000 Years
At a Glance Researchers from the University of Ferrara in Italy have examined how skin, eye, and hair…
p53 is both your genome’s guardian and weakness against cancer – scientists are trying to repair or replace it when it goes awry
To stop tumors from forming, p53 can trigger programmed cell death. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images…
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice
Brain damage can release harmful chemicals such as free radicals that cause further damage. fatido/E+ via Getty Images…
How AI Is Helping Save Medicine
DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 solved a decades-old challenge by predicting the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins, drastically…