Lindsey Konkel Neabore

Oct 10, 2024 | snexplores.org | Tina Saey |Janet Raloff |Lindsey Konkel Neabore |Carolyn Wilke

News reports of bird flu striking huge flocks of birds — including farmed poultry — have been ongoing for more than two years. Still, “most people have no idea that we are in the middle of a wildlife emergency — an animal pandemic,” says Michelle Wille. A viral ecologist, she works at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Australia. She’s been studying bird flu. And the current panzootic — the animal equivalent to a human pandemic — is “very concerning,” she says.

Apr 25, 2024 | snexplores.org | Lindsey Konkel Neabore

adrenaline: A hormone produced by glands (adrenal) when someone is stressed by fear, anger or anxiety. It can make the heart beat faster and allow muscles to perform better than normal. Adrenaline is part of the body’s “fight or flight” response to stress. It can briefly help someone run faster or temporarily boost the performance of muscles (as for lifting weights). attention: The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a specific object or event. audio: Having to do with sound.

Mar 21, 2024 | cancertodaymag.org | Lindsey Konkel Neabore

WHEN KAY KAYS RECEIVED A PANCREATIC CANCER DIAGNOSIS in 1994 at the age of 44, she had few treatment options and little information. Surgery was the standard of care for operable pancreatic cancer. Chemotherapy use was limited and did little to improve survival. Written materials and early cancer websites contained only brief mentions of the disease. Most strikingly, Kays noted a lack of survivors. In 1994, very few people with pancreatic cancer lived five years or more after diagnosis.

Dec 20, 2023 | cancertodaymag.org | Lindsey Konkel Neabore

ONE DAY IN 2009, Bruce Wright was sitting in the American Legion post in Newport Beach, California, enjoying the harbor view when a representative of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), there to educate veterans, asked if he had a few minutes to chat.

Nov 28, 2023 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Lindsey Konkel Neabore

It is well known that exposure to loud noises can lead to hearing loss,1 but a growing body of research shows that chronic exposure to noise at lower levels may harm the body in other, less obvious, ways.