Articles by Allan Adamson
Carboxytherapy: New Technique Reduces Belly Fat With Carbon Dioxide Injection
The first trial to assess the effectiveness of carboxytherapy showed that injecting carbon dioxide can reduce fat around the stomach. How does this new noninvasive fat reduction technique works?
Your Kitchen Towels Could Be Contaminated With Bacteria From Human Feces And Cause Food Poisoning
Kitchen towels may harbor dangerous bacteria such as E. coli from human feces that can cause food poisoning. Which families are at greater risk of using contaminated towels?
Tyson Foods Recalls 3,000 Pounds Of Frozen Chicken Products Due To Plastic Contamination
Tyson Foods recalled frozen breaded chicken products sold to food service establishments that are potentially contaminated with pieces of blue and clear soft plastic. These are the products affected by the recall.
Magnetic Fields Detected In 'Pillars Of Creation' Shed Light On How Stars Form
Subtle magnetic fields were discovered in the Pillars of Creation, a structure of cosmic dust and gas that form part of the Eagle Nebula. What does the discovery tell about star formation?
3,000-Year-Old Sculpted Head Found In Ancient Israel City Depicts Biblical King
A sculpture found in an ancient city in Israel could be depicting King Hazael of Aram-Damascus, King Ahab of Israel, or King Ethbaal of Tyre although there are other candidates. What hinted scholars the figurine represents royalty?
NASA's New Horizons Wakes Up To Explore Primitive World Beyond Pluto: What Is Ultima Thule?
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now headed for a new mission to explore a primitive Kuiper Belt object located a billion miles beyond dwarf planet Pluto. What do scientists currently know about the flyby target Ultima Thule?
Alien Apocalypse: Model Reveals How Climate Change Impacts Energy-Intense Civilizations
Using a computer model based on a lost civilization in Easter Island, researchers predicted what could happen to energy-intense alien civilizations like ours. Three of the trajectories ended in the apocalypse.
NASA Uses Gold To Direct Heat Away From Science Instruments Of James Webb Telescope
NASA engineers are installing the gold baffles that can direct heat away from the sensitive instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope. Here's why the baffles and the mirrors of the Hubble Space Telescope successor have gold.
New Theory About Trans-Neptunian Objects Fails To Completely Debunk Planet Nine
A new theory suggests gravity of smaller space debris could explain the strange orbits of Sedna and other trans-Neptunian objects. Here's why it failed to debunk the existence of Planet Nine.
Animals Talk To Each Other And Take Turns During Conversation
Just like humans, other species, which include birds and dolphins, take turns during a conversation. Timing is a key aspect of turn-taking communication in the animal kingdom. Animals follow “overlap avoidance.”
Hepatitis A Linked To Recalled Frozen Pomegranate Arils Kills 64-Year-Old Woman
A woman in Australia who contracted hepatitis A virus from a recalled packet of frozen pomegranate arils died on Wednesday. Most people who contract the liver disease get well. Who are at risk of liver failure and death?
Dinosaur Skeleton Sold For $2.3 Million At Paris Auction May Belong To New Theropod Species
The remains of the unknown theropod were found by an unnamed group of paleontologists in 2013. What are the features that suggest the skeleton belonged to a new species of dinosaur?
Large Hadron Collider Experiments At CERN Spot Higgs Boson And Top Quark Together
Through the CMS and ATLAS experiments at CERN's LHC, scientists were finally able to measure for the first time the direct interaction between the Higgs boson and top quark, two of the heaviest elementary particles. The relationship may lead to physics beyond the Standard Model.
American Cancer Society Recommends Earlier Colorectal Cancer Screening Amid Rising Diagnoses Among Millennials And Gen X
Cases of colorectal cancer is on the rise among people below 50 years old. In response to this, the American Cancer Society recommended a new age those with average risk should get screened for the disease.
Lions, Tigers, And A Jaguar Missing In German Zoo After Storm
The public was advised to stay indoors after big cats were thought to have escaped from their enclosures at a German zoo after a storm. A bear that escaped was shot dead.
Lonely Neutron Star With Low Magnetic Field Spotted Outside Of Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers spotted for the first time a rare neutron star beyond the Milky Way galaxy. It was found in the oxygen-rich supernova remnant E0102. What makes this neutron star special?
Immunotherapy Drug Keytruda Halts 'Untreatable' Prostate Cancer In Some Men
In a new trial, about 38 percent of prostate cancer patients who used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) were still alive after a year on the treatment. The immunotherapy drug also stopped the tumor growth in 11 percent of patients.
About 60,000 US Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemotherapy: Study
The TAILORx study showed that the genomic test Oncotype DX can help determine if a breast cancer patient can safely get hormone therapy alone. Who can skip chemotherapy?
2 Bobcat Kittens Die After They Were Rescued By Texas Woman Who Mistook Them As Domestic Cats
The woman thought that the Bobcats were Bengal cats, a rare domestic breed, but they later bit her and her family and ripped up milk bottles. What caused the kittens' death?
First Deep Space CubeSats Head For Mars: What Are The Objectives Of NASA's $18.5 Million MarCO Mission?
MarCO-B encountered a problem during the trajectory correction maneuver but NASA engineers are optimistic MarCO mission will make it to the Red Planet. What are the objectives of sending these interplanetary CubeSats to Mars?
Merger Of Two Neutron Stars That Generated Gravitational Waves May Have Spawned A Black Hole
The merger of two neutron stars that generated gravitational waves and was observed by LIGO and Virgo in 2017 is 2.7 times more massive than the sun. Here’s why researchers think this remnant is a black hole.
Taytulla Birth Control Pills Recalled Due To Packaging Error That May Lead To Pregnancy
Allergan issued a voluntary recall of 170,000 packs of its birth control pill Taytulla because these could raise risk for unplanned pregnancy. The contraceptive products with packaging error have been in circulation since August last year.
This Is The Amount Of Exercise You Need To Keep Your Brain Healthy
Aerobics isn't just the form of exercise that can benefit cognitive health. A range of other exercise regimes can also keep the mind sharp as people age but how much exercise is needed to keep the brain healthy?
Drug That Can Prevent Migraine Without Significant Side Effects Shows Promise In Clinical Trial
In a clinical trial involving more than 800 patients who frequently suffer from a migraine, galcanezumab reduced monthly migraine days by 4.7 days. The side effects are also very minimal that fewer than 5 percent of the participants quit the trial.
Insys Sales Representative Admits Bribing Doctors To Prescribe Opioid Painkiller Subsys
Michelle Breitenbach said that Insys sales representatives promoted the Speakers Bureau Program to boost the sales of the drug Subsys. How were doctors rewarded for prescribing the fentanyl-based opioid painkiller?
Fossil Of 'Mother Of All Lizards' Reveals Reptile Group Squamate Survived Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
The 240-year-old reptile Megachirella wachtleri is the mother of lizards. The reptile, which lived when the dinosaurs just emerged, was the direct ancestor of about 10,000 species alive today.
President Trump Says Major Pharmaceutical Companies To Slash Drug Prices In Two Weeks
Drug company executives would visit the White House to announce voluntary drug price cuts, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. Here are the comments of major pharmaceutical companies on the president's announcement.
Woman Dies After Doctor Removed Her Ovaries During Surgery Without Consent
When asked why he removed the woman’s ovaries, Anthony Dixon said they were getting in the way. The doctor, renowned for treating patients with bowel problems using vaginal mesh implants, is now under investigation by the NHS.
People Who Wear Glasses Are Indeed More Intelligent, Genetic Study Reveals
A genetic study found a link between poor eyesight and better cognitive function. An older study also found an association between nearsightedness and tendency to attain a higher level of education.
New Superfood: Here's How Cockroach Milk Is Made
Cockroach milk extracted from Pacific Beetle roach that gives birth to live young is healthier than cow's milk and could be the next superfood. How did researchers milk cockroach?
