Various Things

Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact From Opinion
Given five facts, only 17 percent of people over 65 were able to identify them all as factual statements.

The Main Suspect Behind an Ominous Spike in a Polio-like Illness
A common virus seems to be behind a puzzling condition that’s paralyzing children, but uncertainties remain.

Gene makes some susceptible to middle ear infections
The FUT2 gene is expressed in the salivary gland, colon and lungs but its expression in the middle ear has not been described previously.

'Gut-on-a-chip' system shows intestinal barrier disruption is the onset initiator of gut inflammation

Antibiotics are 'avoidable trigger' for bowel disease

Most burger chains fail on annual antibiotics report card

Irish Famine victims' heavy smoking led to dental decay, new research reveals