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Health & Fitness By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News Heavy drinkers have an increased risk of developing brain lesions associated with memory and thinking problems, a new study says. Folks who imbibe eight or more alcoholic drinks a week have an increased risk of hyaline arteriolosclerosis, or a thickening and narrowing of the small arteries that feed the brain, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Neurology This condition makes it harder for blood to flow, which can damage [...]

In the coastal forests of Ubatuba, Brazil, an extremely small creature calls from the leaves. Agnaldo Andrella via Unsplash As researchers trudged through the valleys and trees of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, they heard a creature calling out. They headed toward the noise, but as they got closer and closer, the sound stopped. The song belonged to a “miniaturized” animal hidden under the leaves, according to a study published Oct. 25 in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ. Researchers [...]

Microplastics continue to be found in some concerning parts of the human body. A new study published Sept. 16 in the JAMA Network Open journal explains how microplastics in the human brain can accumulate in part of the brain that controls an important part of our daily lives: how we smell. Researchers in Brazil examined the olfactory bulbs of 15 cadavers and detected the presence of microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of eight of them. The olfactory bulbs, [...]

PEORIA, ILL. - An environmentally friendly process to extract and separate some of the most valuable components of common crops is expanding worldwide after more than a decade of development in Peoria. The products of a green solvent system pioneered at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research lab on University Street potentially fill a range of food, pharmaceutical and industrial applications — from sweeteners to capsules to biodegradable plastics. But new research [...]