mRNA vaccines will form the better part of vaccine armour needed to conquer future viral outbreaks.
Author: Gagan Gandhi
Gagan Gandhi
Gagan is a food and health enthusiast. Once a chef by trade, she now writes about all things health and wellness. She has not one, but two undergrad degrees in Culinary Arts and Business Administration. When she’s not hanging out at PubMed, JAMA, or PLOS, she’s starting conversations that usually start with, “Did you know…?”
Researchers from Waseda University found microplastics in cloud water collected over Mt. Fuji and Mt. Oyamo in Japan. They identified nine different types of plastic polymers with particle diameters ranging from 7.1 to 94.6 μm by using advanced imaging techniques. The study was published in the journal Environmental Chemical Letters. Several studies have established the presence of microplastics in land, water, the lungs of wild birds, and even the human placenta and heart. The severity of the plastic problem grows more alarming as the implication of microplastics in most ecosystems becomes clearer. Microplastics go from land and ocean to being…
Researchers report individuals with chronic insomnia are at a higher risk of heart disease. The systemic review and meta-analysis included real-world data from 21 studies covering 2 million individuals. Study reveals individuals with insomnia and related symptoms are at a: Sleep necessities – what causes insomnia? On average, an individual needs roughly 7 hours of sleep at night. Losing sleep once in a while is a common occurrence but when falling and staying asleep through the night becomes a continuous struggle, termed as chronic insomnia, it can lead to serious health issues. Stress is a common culprit that might lead…
In a study published in Nature, physicists establish that antimatter conforms to gravity, the same as matter. The experiments were conducted at the European Organisation For Nuclear Research (CERN) using the ALPHA-g radial time projection chamber. What’s the matter with antimatter? Physicists have been playing with the idea of antimatter since Paul Dirac proposed the modern theory of antimatter in 1928. Antimatter, as we understand it, is the opposite twin of matter. Same as a regular atom, an antimatter atom consists of a positron (antielectron), antiprotons, and antineutrons. The structure of antimatter is the same as matter but has the…
“Women, Power and Cancer”, a study published in The Lancet, reports that over 63% of cancer deaths in Indian women might have been avoided with early detection and over 37% could have been treated with optimal care. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world, especially in low and middle-income countries that lack equitable access to health information, early diagnosis, and access to affordable and curative healthcare services. Apathy leads to more than half of cancer deaths In India, women shoulder the majority burden of unpaid caregiving work, which ranges from child rearing to care for…