✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #113

Life Science

A quick and pain-free scan of the human eyeball could one day help doctors identify 'fast agers', who are at greater risk of early mortality.

Signals from sweeteners and sugars are relayed from the gut to the brain by different neural pathways, a new study concludes.

Scientists are warning of an emerging 'epidemic' of myopia or near-sightedness, having observed sharp increases in the adult onset of myopia among late baby boomers.

Studies have found that organisms can inherit mitochondria from male parents in rare instances, and both theoretical and experimental work hint that this biparental inheritance is more than just a fluke.

Experts have a decent grasp on how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health in the near term. The implications of long COVID, however, remain mysterious.

Given how contagious the omicron variant is, we wondered whether we should all still be wearing masks outdoors. We talk to some experts for advice.

Research conducted since the start of the pandemic is starting to suggest that the mouth could be a key player in COVID-19 infection.

Cannabis use leads to cognitive impairments that extend beyond the period of intoxication.

A new study identifies a neural network that appears to be responsible for the development of tics and tic disorders. Researchers say deep brain stimulation applied to this network helps alleviate symptoms of tics.

Teaching & Learning

Faculty members aren’t leaving in droves, but they are increasingly pulling away.

In natural vision, visual memories of an image are affected by the size of the vision on the retina.

TAPP News & Notes

Do students harm themselves by changing responses to multiple-choice test items? Krista discusses a study that sheds some light.

Collection of resources for professors of anatomy and physiology (A&P) from veteran professor, mentor, and textbook author Kevin Patton.