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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interests among Biomedical Textbook Authors. Authors received millions of dollars from biopharmaceutical companies. None of this was disclosed to readers.

Termites are now officially cockroaches. The Entomological Society of America has folded termites into the same order as roaches, citing decades of genetic evidence.

A strain of a common human skin bacteria is found to protect against skin cancers, by producing a molecule that inhibits tumors in a mouse model. This bacteria strain is found in healthy human subjects, suggesting that the microbiome of some individuals may confer protection against skin cancer.

Science AMA Series: I’m Steve Gardner, CEO of RowAnalytics. I develop tools to find relationships across massive amounts of data (mostly HealthSci but not exclusively) and use A.I. machine learning to do the heavy lifting for me. AMA!

Psychologists confirm the narcissistic spectrum model in a new study: The higher the narcissist’s self-entitlement and grandiosity, the more and more separation occurs between grandiosity and vulnerability. Those highest in self-entitlement are either almost all grandiose or almost all vulnerable.

New state of matter created by stuffing atoms inside another atom.

Young women who get abortions don’t face an increased risk of depressive symptoms, according to results of a new study.

Study suggests growing up in greener spaces can result in a higher volume of white and grey matter in certain areas of the brain, which has beneficial effects on cognitive function

Newly discovered CRISPR mechanism may help prevent dangerous gene editing errors

50% of familial breast cancer cases cannot be explained by what we currently know about genetic risk. In a new study, researchers identify non-genetic, but heritable, epigentic marks which modulate disease risk. Suggests a role for heritable environmental influence on cancer risk.

Hi Reddit! I’m Richard Reynolds, Professor of Cellular Neurobiology at Imperial College London and Chair of the 3Rs Advisory Group. My research team and I are currently studying multiple sclerosis using a combination of cell cultures, animal models, and human brain tissues. Ask Me Anything.

LSD produces a new type of ‘harmonic’ order in the brain, according to neuroimaging study - The drug resulted in the “emergence of new type of order in the brain,” the researchers found.

Chimpanzees, bonobos, and even humans may share ancient body language

People with more authoritarian attitudes are more likely to be disgusted by foul-smelling body odours, and the more easily disgusted a person is, the more they are likely to support Donald Trump. Scientists believe this disgust is related to avoidance, whether to new people and ideas or pathogens.

A certain level of anxiety can actually boost your memory, study shows - "To some degree, there is an optimal level of anxiety that is going to benefit your memory. If anxiety is too high, or it turns into fear, this can lead to memories becoming tainted, and the benefit no longer there."

Compared with people who gobbled their food, those who ate at a normal speed were 29 percent less likely to be obese. But those who ate slowly were up to 42 percent less likely to be obese.

A low socioeconomic status is so damaging to health, it reduces life expectancy by 2.1 years. That's worse than obesity or high blood pressure and a consortium of global researchers are calling for it to be treated like any other major health risk factor.