Reading time: 5 minutes Andrea Lius For several decades, scientists have observed that disruptions to the body’s internal clock, also known as the circadian rhythm, can promote cancer development and progression.1 They also found that many fast-growing cancers have circadian rhythms that are desynchronized from healthy cells. However, glioblastoma (GBM), a deadly and aggressive type... Continue Reading →
Reading time: 8 minutes Nicholas A. Egan Obesity is a rising global health epidemic, with the number of obese adults doubling since the 1990s and the number of adolescents living with obesity quadrupling. This amounts to one in every eight people in the world living with obesity. Obesity comes with myriad other health issues. Specifically,... Continue Reading →
Reading time: 8 minutes Colin Ong For most of us, stress is an inevitable facet of life. Any internal or external stimulus such as encountering a bear while hiking will trigger stress in our bodies. Remarkably, our bodies respond through a series of orchestrated biochemical and physiological changes as a way of coping with stress.... Continue Reading →
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