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Does eating vegetables reduce cardiovascular risk? It’s not so simple

“Eat more vegetables”. You must have heard it, read it, or said it. Probably your mom said that when you left peas or carrots on your plate at dinner. Indeed, a massive body of research has shown an association between eating vegetables and lower risk... click to read more

  • Qi Feng | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Oxford
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Reading time 3 min
published on Apr 21, 2023
The Pawsitive Effect of Therapy Dogs in a Hospital Emergency Department

The overwhelming majority of people attend a hospital ED for pain. The harsh ED environment, including long wait times and stark lighting, has been shown to increase patients’ perceived pain. In 2015, Saskatoon St. John Ambulance therapy dogs and their human handlers were the first to... click to read more

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Reading time 3 min
published on Apr 14, 2023
Gut microbiota drive anti-viral immunity

The bodies of multicellular organisms, including humans, are covered with commensal microbes, also called the microbiota. The majority of these are bacteria located in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiota maintain many physiological functions including the development and maturation of the immune system. The microbiota... click to read more

Views 1039
Reading time 3.5 min
published on Apr 5, 2023
How platelets pull the strings

No matter if it is a nosebleed, a scratch, or a cut – we regularly rely on our body’s innate ability to stop the loss of blood from injured blood vessels. This task is mainly done by little cells in our blood stream called "platelets”.... click to read more

Views 1348
Reading time 3.5 min
published on Mar 28, 2023
Finding the straw that breaks the cancer's back?

The pancreas has two main functions: 1) it regulates blood glucose levels by producing insulin and glucagon and 2) it produces digestive enzymes to allow us to utilize the food we eat. Every day, up to two liters of digestive juice are passed into the... click to read more

  • Hazal Köse | PhD student at Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Matthias Wirth | Principal Investigator at Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Reading time 4 min
published on Mar 13, 2023