Medical News
Baby heartbeat reveals the stress of having a depressed or anxious mother
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2020 06:00
(European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Scientists have shown that the babies of mothers dealing with anxiety or depression exhibit physiologically stronger signs of stress than babies of healthy mothers, when give...
When methane-eating microbes eat ammonia instead
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2020 06:00
(Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) As a side effect of their metabolism, microorganisms living on methane can also convert ammonia. In the process, they produce nitric oxide (NO), a central molecule in the gl...
Asthma patients given risky levels of steroid tablets
EurekAlert! - 13 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Queensland) More than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets, with researchers warning this puts them at greater risk of serious side-effects.