Science Archives - The Westside Story

New drug could reverse mental decline from aging, Alzheimer’s, and depression

Feb 15, 2019

A new experimental drug could help fight the memory loss and mental decline that often comes with old age, according to The Guardian. Clinical trials are expected to start within two years, and if successful, c...

Insects are vital to human life – and researchers now say they’re going extinct

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Feb 13, 2019

Environment, Opinion, Science

The decline of insect species might seem to some like a step in the right direction, or at least like a minor concern. But in reality, the looming extinction of many insect species, described in a new report, i...

An insulin capsule, with a design inspired by a tortoise, could replace injections

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Feb 11, 2019

Health, Innovation, Science

A new pill developed by researchers could help replace insulin injections for patients with type 2 diabetes, according to Medical News Today. Since diabetes patients require an insulin to be injected directly i...

Last year was the fourth hottest on record, behind only the prior three years

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Feb 10, 2019

Environment, Science

Global temperatures last year were the fourth highest on record, surpassed only by the preceding three years, according to federal climate scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...

Measles cases skyrocket in Europe, amid global outbreaks

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Feb 9, 2019

Health, Science, World

Measles cases in Europe tripled between 2017 and 2018, reaching their highest recorded level in the last decade, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) published this month. There were 7...

New proposal from congressional Democrats would see the US go carbon-neutral by 2030

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Feb 7, 2019

Environment, Policy, Science

A new resolution from Congressional Democrats calls for the US economy to go carbon-neutral within just ten years, alongside proposals for universal healthcare, free higher education, and a jobs guarantee, acco...

Trump’s critics should back his HIV plan, but hold him to it on all fronts

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Feb 6, 2019

Health, Opinion, Policy, Science

For the most part, President Trump’s second State of the Union speech met the expectations of his critics, with plenty of boasting, showboating, and many statements that only make sense given the worldview of T...

Researchers link depression to deficiencies of specific gut microbes

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Feb 5, 2019

Health, Science

Researchers have linked mental health problems such as depression to deficiencies of two specific gut microbes, in the first population-level research on the relationship between mental health and the gut micro...

Purdue officials pushed for high-dose, long-term opioid prescriptions, lawsuit says

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Feb 3, 2019

Health, Science

A new lawsuit filed against Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the makers of OxyContin, accuses former company president Richard Sackler of directing the company to promote high-doses of the opioid painkiller, according t...

Cholesterol-lowering statins show benefits for those over 75

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Feb 2, 2019

Health, Science

Thousands of lives would be saved if more people over the age of 75 took cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, a large new review of studies suggests, according to the BBC. "There has been a longstanding contro...