Health & Medicine

Covid-19 risk increases with pollen count

Birch pollen in spring. (Image: Gregory_DUBUS / iStock) The weather and our behavior are not the only influencing factors for a coronavirus infection: The...

Alzheimer’s in the intestinal nervous system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLUORZkxbUU The Dreaded dementia apparently affects not only the brain, but also the nervous system of the digestive system, researchers report. Source: Research in a nutshell...

Why belly fat is more stubborn

How does intermittent fasting affect body fat? (Image: Tatiana / iStock) The belly fat surrounding our organs is considered to be particularly harmful to...

How antidepressants work

Antidepressants help against depression - but how? (Image: Ponomariova_Maria / iStock) What effects do antidepressants have on the brain? And why do they...

New references for the human genome

The DNA sequence of our genome is the basis of our existence. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) Exactly 20 years ago, the human genome project completed...

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