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Can Scorpion Venom Be the Key to Detecting Brain Tumors?

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Scorpion venom could help surgeons remove brain cancer more easily

Though the venom of some scorpions can deliver pain, and occasionally death, to humans, scorpion venom is used in a number of medical fields, including cancer research. Recently, for instance, scientists have developed an imaging technique that uses a synthetic version of a compound found in scorpion venom to make brain tumors easier to see.

Treating gliomas, a lethal kind of brain tumor, can be incredibly difficult. These tumors don’t respond well to conventional chemo or radiotherapy, and they tend to spread across a wide spectrum of brain tissue, making it difficult for surgeons to easily detect and remove all of the cancerous tissue.

By administering the compound from the scorpion venom to patients with gliomas along with a fluorescent dye, surgeons are able to identify the tumor more clearly, and thus, remove it more easily.The novel imaging technique is currently undergoing broader clinical trialing, including a study involving pediatric brain cancer, ahead of a hopeful FDA approval in the near future. READ MORE

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Winning the War on Child Mortality

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The global child mortality rate has dropped to an all-time low

These days, it can sometimes feel like everything is getting worse. We’re faced every day with the problems we haven’t solved yet and new ones that we’re creating, and the barrage of bad news can be dispiriting. In these times of seeming despair, it’s extremely important to take a step back and realize the progress we’ve made in the past few decades.

Just look at the child mortality rate, for instance. In the 1950s, more than 20 million children died each year. Now child deaths are much rarer. In fact, the child mortality rate has dropped by two-thirds since the 1950s, according to a new report. That’s an amazing achievement, and a reminder of how awful the world used to be, how quickly it has improved, and, yes, how much we still need to do. Even better, that gain in lives has been accompanied by similar gains in living conditions. Far more people are literate. Far fewer live in extreme poverty. Fewer go hungry. Most people have access to the internet — something not even the richest among us enjoyed in 1950. READ MORE

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A Holistic Approach to Anxiety

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Feeling anxious? Here are five natural ways to lower anxiety

Contrary to what most people think, stress and anxiety are very different conditions. Anxiety precedes a potentially undesirable circumstance. Therefore, anxiety produces stress. This makes anxiety anticipatory and means that reducing anxiety can prevent future stress. While there are many causes for anxiety, general health and wellness may be one of the best ways to counter negative feelings. Here are five holistic, drug-free ways to lower your anxiety and help you feel better.

The first way is to clean up your diet. While there’s no such thing as a perfect diet, a few simple changes can help you avoid anxiety. For instance, you should avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks, as both acts as catalysts for anxious thoughts and behaviors. Adding natural supplements can also help to relieve anxiety. Abstaining from refined sugars, added sodium, and saturated fats is also key as these damage your bodily system and may contribute to negative emotions.

The second way is to advance your spiritual health. Spirituality is the connective tissue between our values, beliefs, and faith systems. Every time we engage with your spirituality, we move further towards a deeper understanding of who we are. In the process of personal discovery, we find the causes of our anxieties, allowing us to rationalize them and curtain their effects.

The next thing you can do to lower anxiety is practice mindfulness. With mindfulness, we focus on the positive features in ourselves and our environment. We cease all activity, relax the body, and enter a calmer state from which we can appreciate our lives more.

The fourth way is by simply moving your body. A sedentary lifestyle does more than just damage your body—it also takes a toll on the mind. But studies suggest that a walk as short as 10 minutes can significantly lower anxiety. So, in just a few short walks a day we can get in all the recommended daily exercise we need while reducing feelings of anxiousness.

Lastly, getting into a routine can help you beat anxiety. Through consistency, we can begin to root the sources of our anxieties. Very often just getting enough sleep every night is sufficient to improve mood and overall wellness while finding a good eating schedule can help you avoid unhealthy dietary habits that lead to anxiety. READ MORE

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The Butterfly Friendly City

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To save the monarch butterfly, US cities are creating specially-made gardens

With their distinctive black-and-orange wings patterned as precisely as stained glass, the monarch butterfly is a beloved insect in America. The sad thing is nature societies are observing huge drops in the populations of these beautiful butterflies. In 2018, the National Wildlife Federation reported a nearly 15 percent decrease of eastern monarchs overwintering in Mexico from the previous year, while the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit which organizes annual counts, estimated a 97 percent decline of western monarchs overwintering in California compared to the 1980s.

From extreme weather events to warmer temperatures, the monarch faces an array of survival challenges, but habitat loss from pesticides and urban development is especially devastating. The insect needs milkweed for laying eggs and feeding caterpillars, and particularly in cities with limited green space, those vital plants can be sparse. But now that the US is becoming aware of the plight of the monarch butterfly, more and more cities are creating monarch-friendly spaces where they can thrive.

In New York City, for instance, a “vertical meadow” has been created on the Smithsonian’s design museum. The meadow contains milkweed vines and flowering vines to feed butterflies at all stages of their life cycle as well as a protected central inner space where monarchs can procreate. New York City isn’t alone in having a specially-made garden for monarchs. In fact, over 400 monarch gardens can be found across the US in cities like Chicago and St. Louis. READ MORE

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Animal Crossing

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Why countries around the world are building highway overpasses just for animals

Highways are disastrous for the environment. These wide, dangerous roadways can cut wildlife from the resources they need to thrive, causing them to make the perilous journey from one side to the other. Countless animals have become roadkill as a result, not to mention the many drivers who have perished upon colliding with a deer or some other large animal. From the 1950s onwards, many countries in Europe have dealt with the problem by creating wildlife overpasses—structures that are designed to blend in with nature and that allow the animals to safely cross sides. As National Geographic reports, more and more places around the world have started to create wildlife overpasses over the years to protect their precious animals. There are overpasses used by moose in Canada, bobcats in Montana, and crabs on Christmas Island. With every project, researchers learn more about how animals interact with the passageways. As it turns out, different species prefer different types of crossings. For instance, elk and grizzly bears like big, open structures while cougars, accustomed to forests, prefer more constricted passings with more cover. And it’s not only overpasses that are spreading across the world; underpasses are becoming popular too. These passageways are usually compact, and so are especially helpful to smaller animals—water voles in London, badgers in British Columbia, pumas in Brazil—but in Kenya larger ones are even being used to assist elephant herds. Us humans have to recognize that our highways are a danger to wildlife. At least with these over-and-underpasses, we have an effective way to reduce the harm. READ MORE

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