Watery flatulence, or wet farts, refers to when liquid passes out the rectum, alongside air during a fart. Typically, this liquid is either mucus or watery stool. Also known as wet farts or sharting, watery flatulence may occur as a result of consuming certain foods or beverages that may not agree with a person’s digestive...
Passing gas, especially very smelly gas, can be an embarrassing problem. Fortunately, home remedies such as diet and lifestyle changes can often prevent bad-smelling gas. In most cases, it is natural and healthy for a person to experience intestinal gas. It is not uncommon for farts to be either smelly or produce no odor at...
by Taylor & Francis Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTime spent watching television or playing computer games has measurable and long-term effects on children’s brain function, according to a review of 23 years of neuroimaging research, which—while showing negative impacts—also demonstrates some positive effects. However, the researchers stop short of advocating limits on screen time, which they...
by Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Neuroscientists at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University, Rome, and the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS have genetically modified a molecule, the protein LIMK1, which is normally active in the brain, with a key role in memory. They added a...
by Leigh Riby, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When I hear Shania Twain’s “You’re Still The One,” it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to her album, and I played...
by Cara Murez You likely know that Lyme disease can be spread by ticks, but have you heard of babesiosis? It’s a different disease caused by the bite of a deer tick, and cases are rising in the United States, scientists from the University of Vermont and Tufts University say. Babesiosis is caused by parasites...
by Bill Sullivan, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.4 million Americans needed to take insulin in 2022 to lower their blood sugar. Insulin, however, is tricky to deliver into the body orally because it is a protein easily destroyed...
by Ernie Mundell Retatrutide, an experimental weight-loss drug that could compete against blockbusters Wegovy and Zepbound, may work wonders for obese folks with liver disease, new research shows. A wider study, published in June, found that retatrutide helped obese people lose about a quarter of their starting weight over an 11-month period. Now, findings from...
by Martin Sharkey, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain House fires are many people’s worst nightmare. But chemicals created decades ago to protect people’s homes from out of control flames opened our front doors to a new menace: toxic chemicals. Ones that we are consistently exposed to in our homes, offices and vehicles. Plastics are everywhere...
by Hilary A. Diefenbach, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions—the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize how common concussions are in everyday life, and seldom does the public hear about what happens in the aftermath...
