Mike DeWan, 43, of Worcester; Jim Cracas, 51, of Chester Springs; and Raveena Brown, 62, of Bear, Del., each had the bad luck to get a horrible case of the coronavirus, so bad that they needed to spend days—in DeWan's case, ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused mainly by random mutations that occur when stem cells ...
Jan 1, 2015
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For some people, the glass is always half full. Even when a football fan's team has lost ten matches in a row, he might still be convinced his team can reverse its run of bad luck. So why, in the face of clear evidence to ...
Oct 9, 2011
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(HealthDay)—The discovery that up to 80% of white-tailed deer in Iowa may be infected with COVID-19 has scientists worried that the animals could become a reservoir for variants that could come back to haunt humans.
Nov 4, 2021
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"Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain," goes the song. Is there such a thing as soap and water for the psyche? Yes: Metaphor is that powerful, say Spike W.S. Lee and Norbert Schwarz of the University of Michigan in a ...
Oct 5, 2011
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Why are some people barely affected by coronavirus, while others become gravely ill even though they are young and healthy?
May 6, 2020
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The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively avoid – if you're anything like the 25% of people in the US who consider themselves superstitious.
Jul 3, 2018
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Research by marketing professor shows risk taking depends on whether participants recalled past episode of good or bad luck and whether they washed their hands.
Jul 20, 2011
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Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a bug bite or a rash, some of that bacteria can sneak in, potentially causing serious consequences.
Jun 30, 2022
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"Doctor, what caused my cancer?" For doctors, this question is often perplexing. Some of the population risk factors are known, but when it comes to specific cases, only assumptions can be made. However, scientists have a ...
Jul 19, 2017
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