Category Archives: Health News

Could Avocados Be The Secret Culprit To Your Digestive Issues?

It’s happened a million times. You’ve attempted to eliminate the foods from your diet that “usually” cause digestive issues. Coffee, gluten, the suspects that society has deemed important for a squeaky clean gut. A few weeks go by without any issue, and then you feel your digestion causing you pain or trouble once again. What… Read More: Could Avocados Be The Secret Culprit To Your Digestive Issues? »

Can appealing to teenagers’ vanity improve sun-protective behaviors?

As the summer warmth lures us outside, parents may be struggling to get their teenagers to follow sun protection guidelines. It can be challenging to catch the attention of younger people, for whom health concerns such as skin cancer feel like a lifetime away. One promising strategy for educating teens about sun-protective behavior is to… Read More: Can appealing to teenagers’ vanity improve sun-protective behaviors? »

Tiny 3D Printed Cubes Serve as Scaffolding for Broken Bones

A good deal of orthopedic bone repair surgeries involve injecting powders or pastes, to serve as scaffoding, into fractures. Now a collaboration between scientists at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), University of Oregon, New York University, and Mahidol University in Thailand has led to the development of a Lego-like 3D printed scaffolding system that… Read More: Tiny 3D Printed Cubes Serve as Scaffolding for Broken Bones »