If you’ve ever missed your morning cup of joe and been slammed with a killer headache? You are not alone. Withdrawal symptoms from caffeine, from headaches to fatigue, have been reported in medical literature for nearly two centuries, although most of the peer-reviewed research is more recent. Fact of the matter is, caffeine is addictive
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Since this video began more than a million of your cells have died. It’s natural, don’t worry. But you are literally covered with death Dead stuff. Fingernails, your hair, the outermost layer of your skin – all made out of dead things. And you are losing this dead stuff constantly. Every
so the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic tumors tends to be what we describe as nutrient poor so the cancer cells have less access than many normal cells to the sugars and other important nutrients that help cells proliferate and so because of that pancreatic cancer cells have developed these sort of alternative adaptive mechanisms that
Breast-cancer an innovative blood test could aid early detection? Researchers are developing a blood test that could help detect breast cancer five years before any symptoms become apparent This method would also be less uncomfortable and more cost effective than traditional mammograms According to the World Health Organization WHO breast cancer is the most common
“You have cancer.” Sadly, about 40 percent of us will hear those three words within our lifetime, and half will not survive. This means that two out of five of your closest friends and relatives will be diagnosed with some form of cancer, and one will die. Beyond the physical hardships, roughly one-third of cancer
It happens maybe only once a decade and lasts about 24 hours. The bloom of the rare and gigantic Titan arum, better known as the “corpse flower.” It’s a mimic. It copies the stench of dead, rotting animals. But hold up. What you’re looking at isn’t actually the flower. That part? It’s a modified leaf
You wouldn’t expect to come across a plant with strep throat, or pneumonia. But have you ever seen a tree with a big, twisted knot growing out of it? You know what that is? Plant cancer. It’s not super easy to define what cancer is. But in humans, cancer is often described as uncontrolled cell
caper plant was found to be 80% good for ms disease In one study, rats with MS were given caper tea. 80% improvement Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a long-lasting disease that can affect your brain, spinal cord, and the optic nerves in your eyes. It can cause problems with vision, balance, muscle control, and
It’s AumSum Time. Can you guess the title of my next video? Hurry up. Write your guess in the comments section below. Why is it hard to cure cancer? Cancer is not a single disease. It is a name given to a collection of diseases that have some common characteristics. Cancer usually begins when there
I moved to Boston 10 years ago from Chicago, with an interest in cancer and in chemistry. You might know that chemistry is the science of making molecules or, to my taste, new drugs for cancer. And you might also know that, for science and medicine, Boston is a bit of a candy store. You