Why Light Makes Migraines Worse...

Scientists have discovered why light makes migraines worse, and the key to the breakthrough was the observation that some blind people also get relief by retreating to somewhere dark. Rodrigo Noseda and his colleagues at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in the US began by asking 20 blind pe...

Keeping Cleaner Fish in Check

Have you ever caught someone just before they say something embarrassing?  Did you give them a playful elbow?  Well, it turns out that cleaner fish do something quite similar. Cleaner fish are the little hangers-on you see on larger fish.  And their name is self-explanatory, they cle...

Repairing Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 - ALDH2

Scientists have found a way to repair the activity of a defective enzyme that prevents some people breaking down alcohol and which may also hold the key to preventing heart attacks and Alzheimer’s disease. Up to 1 billion people worldwide, including 40% of east Asians, carry an altered form of a ge...

Nothing like a good pair of nitric oxide socks

During these cold winter months you might like to strap yourself into some lovely fluffy socks, perhaps that your granny made you at Christmas.  And now you can get special socks for donor organs and people with diabetes, according to a paper from Chemistry of Materials this week. It’s not qui...