Jonathan Lambert
Stories
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'Cultured': A Look At How Foods Can Help The Microbes Inside Us Thrive
The foods we put in our bodies affect the kinds of bacteria that live and flourish there. A new book explores this collaboration — and the cultures whose dishes maximize the relationship.
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World
Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits
Humans are evolutionary oddballs for living long past our reproductive prime. New research explains how grandmothers might be the reason why.
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Antidepressants Can Interfere With Pain Relief Of Common Opioids
Some antidepressants inhibit a liver enzyme that converts common opioids into their active form. The interaction may reduce the effectiveness of certain opioids for people taking both medicines.
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Sick And Tired? Scientists Find Protein That Puts Flies To Sleep And Fights Infection
In the search for what triggers sleep, researchers stumbled upon a link between sleep and the immune system. A single fly gene gets turned on in sick flies, inducing sleep and an immune response.
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Survey Finds Higher Risk Of Stroke Among E-Cigarette Users
New findings about the health effects of e-cigarettes add to a small but growing body of research that undercuts the widely presumed safety of the alternative to conventional cigarettes.
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Scientists Find Brain Cells That Make Pain Hurt
Researchers have pinpointed the neurons that give pain its unpleasant edge. By turning these neurons off in mice, the scientists relieved the unpleasantness of pain without numbing sensation.