Month: February 2025

Brewing tea removes lead from water

Researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Researchers tested different types of tea, tea bags and brewing methods. Finely ground black tea leaves performed best at removing toxic heavy metals. Longer steeping times helped tea remove larger amounts of contaminants. Read Full […]

Published on February 24, 2025

Advanced Cancer Patients Not Getting Palliative Care

Many patients with incurable cancer aren’t getting care that could ease their suffering at the end of life, a new study suggests. Close to half of patients with advanced cancer received aggressive cancer treatment within six months of their death, researchers found -… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on February 24, 2025

Gene Therapy Improved Hearing in Children

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its experimental gene therapy showed improved hearing in 10 of 11 children between 10 months and 16 years old born with hearing loss caused by gene mutations. The first child in the study to receive Regeneron’s therapy, who was dosed… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on February 24, 2025