Sure you could get your science news and recaps from any number of sites way more qualified to science-‘splain than Bitter Empire, but while you’re here anyway catching up on America’s Next Top Model and Most Ridiculous Celebrity Lawsuits, let us save you the click and provide you a modest beakerful of science currently on the…
HRT, And One More Way Motherhood Might Be Wrecking Your Life
A presentation last week at the 9th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting brings some clarity (or complexity, depending on whether you’re a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty kind of critter) to the Good, the Bad, and the Completely Confusing topic of menopause-related hormone replacement therapy (HT). We say “completely confusing” because folks with ovaries have been subjected to…
Bubbles And Ultrasounds And Mice, Oh My!
You’ve snapped them, popped them, blown them – but have you ever considered that bubbles could be used in conjunction with ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and allow medical treatment for conditions ranging from tumors to Alzheimer’s? Luckily for those of us who have not, others have. The publication Science reports that this month…
Which Ten Drugs In Your Medicine Cabinet Are Going to Give You Alzheimer’s?
We’ve actually known for a while that a certain type of drug might have unique risks in terms of promoting mental decline in the elderly. There was a meta-analysis done in 2014 that offered the cheery reassurance that there was no statistically significant evidence that these drugs will make you die any younger, but a…