Starre Vartan

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The Human Body May Age in Two Major Bursts, And a New Study Reveals What Drives Them - ScienceAlert

Health September 4, 2026

Aging is inevitable, but it's certainly not consistent. We might think aging proceeds in a steady, linear fashion, with each day, week, and month marching us sedately into our Golden Years, but new οΏ½...

Trichotillomania: New Study Explains Why People Feel Compelled to Pull Out Their Own Hair - ScienceAlert

Health August 25, 2026

Trichotillomania (pulling out the hairs on your head, eyebrows, lashes, or elsewhere) is not a new condition. According to historical documents, the earliest written mentions appear in Hippocrates'οΏ½...

Bad News: Just One Intense Sunburn Really Can Be 'Life-Changing' - ScienceAlert

Health August 19, 2026

For anyone whose childhood summers included an annual peeling of sunburned skin, here's an uncomfortable question: Did those regular burns do lasting damage to your skin? A meta-analysis published iοΏ½...

First Human Trial of Poop Transplant to Treat Food Allergies Shows Promising Results - ScienceAlert

Health August 14, 2026

Food allergies aren't just inconvenient, they can be really scary imagine being out in a crowded restaurant and feeling your throat closing up. Allergies can even be deadly for those with severe reοΏ½...

There's One Genetic Variant That Makes The Body Burn Fat Instead of Storing It - ScienceAlert

Health August 14, 2026

What if some people were born with a metabolic setting that made them healthier by keeping fat out of their liver and blood, lowering blood sugar, and preventing type 2 diabetes? It could help themοΏ½...

Common Sugar Appears to Loosen Cancer Cells And Help Them Spread - ScienceAlert

Health August 11, 2026

Cancer can be just like the killer in a horror movie it may seem like he's been destroyed forever by the Good Guy, but then he pops back up again to terrorize. Similarly, chemotherapy is designed tοΏ½...

Scientists Witness Remarkable Brain Cell 'Takeover' in Midlife - ScienceAlert

Health July 31, 2026

The aging human brain is fascinating, because in some ways, it improves with age but we generally hear more about how it declines. That's understandable! After all, there are a host of neurodegenerοΏ½...