Reviewers’ Notes Bioengineers have found a way to program the size and shape of virus particles by combining viral protein building blocks and templates made from DNA. The resulting nanostructures could have applications in vaccine development and transporting drugs inside the body. Virus capsid proteins-;the proteins that shield the genome of a virus-;can be used to build precisely structured protein […]

1. People often pay extra attention to negative information because it seems important. 2. Tragedies can seem exciting because of the life-or-death, risky situations involved—adding more fuel to the attentional fires. 3. And here’s a really dark side: If someone dislikes or resents the person/people who suffered in the tragedy, some part of them might indulge in Schadenfreude (a German […]

Today, autism affects as many as 1 in 36 children. according to the most recent data from the CDC. The increasing prevalence of this disorder over the last several years has encouraged many to speak out, calling for more education and research surrounding the causes and treatment for this disorder. With so many celebrities who have kids with an autism […]

A novel type of talk therapy that pays as much attention to building positive mood as it does to reducing depressed mood may work as well, if not better, than cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anhedonic depression, results of a pilot trial suggest. While the trial was not adequately powered to test if augmented depression therapy (ADepT) is superior to […]

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers estimate mortality due to heat in Europe in the summer of 2022, which was Europe’s hottest summer on record. To this end, epidemiological models were used to determine that 62,862 individuals died in Europe due to heat-related causes, which is the second highest in recorded history after the summer of 2003. […]

Eastern and southeastern areas of the US have the highest rates of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), new research shows. Investigators at Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, found AD prevalence was highest in Maryland, New York, Mississippi, and Florida. At the county level, Miami-Dade in Florida, Baltimore in Maryland, and the Bronx in New York were among the US counties with the […]

Dementia’s cruel hold on the brain could be loosened if a wonder drug is fast-tracked for approval. The world will hold its breath today as full results from donanemab trials are published for the first time. They are expected to show the intravenous drug is the best hope yet of putting the handbrake on incurable brain-wasting diseases like Alzheimer’s. US […]

Deals luring Brits to Turkey for cosmetic surgery EXPOSED: £2,500 ‘all-inclusive’ packages offer holidays at luxury hotels overlooking the sea, VIP airport transfers and free city tours Clinics offer all-inclusive surgery deals with hotel, spa, city tours and massages  UK surgeons say you should not think of surgery as part of a ‘holiday package’ READ MORE: Inside UK’s deadly, celebrity-inspired […]

‘My life before sobriety was absolute chaos,’ says Sarah Catchpole, 29. ‘I convinced myself that I didn’t have a drinking problem because I didn’t drink every day or at home by myself. But when I did have alcohol, I’d often end up blacking-out or doing something reckless.’ Sarah was just 14-years-old when she developed a binge drinking habit that would […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. It’s no secret that Zoe Saldaña is the Queen of Sci-Fi, and, thus the Queen of being a badass action star. And it seems her three lookalike sons are already following in her action movie star footsteps! On July […]