Metformin, a first-line drug for Type 2 diabetes treatment, has been linked to increases in birth defects when taken before conception. A recent study shows that this treatment, when used within a three month period of conception, was linked to a 40% higher risk of birth defects.  According to KETV,[Read More…]

An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of a rapid increase in temperature, scientists say. The Conger Ice Shelf, which spans approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius, more than 40 degrees warmer than[Read More…]

Drinking two or three cups of coffee a day has been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease, a new study has found. Researchers studied data provided by the UK Biobank study, which has the health information of more than one million people. The analysis is believed to be the largest to look[Read More…]

A new study from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands has found microplastics present in human blood for the first time, indicating the tiny particles can travel around the body and lodge in organs, causing potential health hazards. Scientists conducted the study by analyzing the blood of 22 anonymous healthy[Read More…]

A fully paralyzed man, who is unable to speak or move his eyes, has been able to communicate using a breakthrough implanted brain-computer interface (BCI), for the first time ever. The patient was asked to imagine moving his limbs and tongue. When this proved difficult to achieve, the patient was[Read More…]

MIT’s mini cheetah has taught itself how to run. The engineers behind this creation released a video showing off its new skills. Engineers updated the way the cheetah ran, using using AI simulations instead of a human-designed controller. This has allowed it to better navigate tougher terrain and even break[Read More…]

Climate change has already extended the duration and severity of allergy season and will increase pollen emissions by as much as 40% in the United States over the coming decades, a new study concludes. As global temperatures continue to rise because of excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, plants are[Read More…]

The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with “widespread” bleaching, authorities confirmed on Friday, as high ocean temperatures off Australia’s northeast threaten the embattled World Heritage site. Surveillance flights over the reef showed damage due to excessive heat which ranged from minor to severe bleaching across the 2,300-kilometre network[Read More…]

The patient who received the world’s first transplant of a pig heart into a human body has died two months after the surgery. The patient, David Bennett, passed away at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday at age 57. Bennett’s groundbreaking surgery was the first of its kind[Read More…]

According to a new British study published on Monday, even mild cases of Covid-19 are associated with slight tissue damage and accelerated losses in brain regions connected to the sense of smell, and there is additional minor loss in the brain’s overall volume at least during the first few months[Read More…]