Health and Medicine

Carrots contain beta-carotene, essential for converting to vitamin A, supporting eye health and preventing vision issues like night blindness.

BSL-4 labs are high-security facilities designed to handle the world's most deadly pathogens with extreme containment protocols.

Extreme heat can overwhelm the body's temperature regulation, leading to serious health problems like heat stroke, especially in vulnerable populations.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, impacting various hosts such as humans. Understanding its lifecycle, symptoms, and transmission is crucial.

Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss, or anger that interfere with a person's everyday activities, with symptoms varying from emotional to physical and cognitive; it involves complex brain functions and possibly a disparity in brain chemicals, though this theory is not universally accepted.

Joy Milne possesses an extraordinary sense of smell that led her to a remarkable discovery about Parkinson's disease.

Epigenetic trauma explores how experiences can alter gene expression without changing DNA, affecting health across generations.

He Jiankui's controversial gene-editing experiment using CRISPR technology sparked international backlash and legal repercussions, highlighting the ethical dilemmas of genome editing.

Nitrogen hypoxia can lead to white lung, as high nitrogen levels displace oxygen causing lung inflammation and fluid buildup.

Bed bugs are spread through luggage, furniture, and close living quarters, not due to lack of cleanliness. They hide in crevices, such as mattresses, box springs, and furniture, spreading rapidly through human activity.